Older houses donât have their data inputted into the database as of yet. If youâre lucky enough to live in one of these older buildings you should check as to whether your property is in the database. If it isnât, your housing deed documents are important. Keep them safe and keep them secure.
In terms of non-metals, the electrons are held tightly by the nucleus. Therefore nonmetals are very unwilling to give their electrons away. Nonmetals don't donate electrons as easily as metals, so society and chemists from the early ages distinguished between metals and nonmetals, Regards, Mike
General Chemistry Dictionary. (metal,metalloid) A nonmetal is a substance that conducts heat and electricity poorly, is brittle or waxy or gaseous, and cannot be hammered into sheets or drawn into wire. Nonmetals gain electrons easily to form anions . About 20% of the known chemical elements are nonmetals.