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Physical Properties of Non Metals

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Name the non-metal that is a lustrous solid.

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Non-metals have a dull appearance.
Iodine and graphite are non-metals that is a lustrous or shiny appearance due to their larger size so that the electrons can move and reflect the light.
Lustrous elements have the quality of reflecting light from that surface.
Therefore, the non-metals that are lustrous solid are iodine and graphite.

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Non-metals are usually poor conductors of heat and electricity. They are non-lustrous; non-sonorous; non-malleable and are coloured.
(a) Name a lustrous non-metal.
(b) Name a non-metal which exists as a liquid at room temperature.
(c) The allotropic form of a non-metal is a good conductor of electricity. Name the allotrope.
(d) Name a non-metal which is known to form the largest number of compounds.
(e) Name a non-metal other than carbon which shows allotropy.
(f) Name a non-metal which is required for combustion.

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name a non metal which is lustrous and a metal which is non-lustrous.

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