Identify each property below as more characteristic of a metal or non metal:
A) a gas at room temperature
B) brittle
C) malleable
D) poor conductor of electric current
E) shiny
A) a gas at room temperature
B) brittle
C) malleable
D) poor conductor of electric current
E) shiny
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A, B, D-non-metal; rest metallic
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Nonmetals do not have to be gasses. But metals are more malleable, ductile, and better conductors of heat and electricity, and metals are shineyer