PROPERTIES AND USES OF NON-METALS

PROPERTIES AND USES OF NON-METALS
Non-metal are usually soft and bad conductors of heat and electricity.

1. Graphite is a form of carbon. It is mixed with clay to use in lead pencils.
2. Diamond is another form of carbon. It is the hardest matter on the earth. It use of cut glass. It is a shiny matter and is used jewellery.
3. Phosphorous is used in match industry.
4. Hydrogen when burnt with oxygen gives a very hot flame which is used for cutting and welding metals. Hydrogen is also used for the manufacture of banaspati ghee from vegetable oils.
5. Hydrogen and nitrogen are used for the manufacture of urea (fertilizer).
6. Oxygen cylinders are used in hospital for curing patients feeling breathing problems.
   Uses on Non-metals

• Lead pencils
  
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• Diamond
  
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• Matchsticks
  
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• Banaspati ghee
  
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• Urea (fertilizer)
  
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• Oxygen cylinder
  
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All data collected form my book.