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.
(a) Iodine is a lustrous non-metal. Graphite and diamond are also lustrous non-metals. These are allotropes of carbon.
(b) Bromine is a non-metal which exists as a liquid at room temperature.
(c) Graphite is the allotropic form of carbon and it is a good conductor of electricity.
(d) Carbon is a non-metal which is known to form the largest number of compounds.
(e) Sulphur and phosphorus are non-metals other than carbon which shows allotropy. Phosphorus exists as white phosphorus, red phosphorus and black phosphorus
(f) Oxygen is a non-metal which is required for combustion.