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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 allotrpic form of a non-metal is a good conductor of electricity .
(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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(a) Iodine is a lustrous non-metal.
(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) Phosphorus is a non-metal other than carbon which shows allotropy.
(f) Oxygen is a non-metal which is required for combustion.
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