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.efine: (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.
The 2016 Peekskill, New York, population is 24,043. There are 5,504 people per square mile (population density). The median age is 38.5. The US median is 37.4. 48.75% of people in Peekskill, New York, are married. 10.36% are divorced.
Peekskill is also in the metropolitan area (suburbs of New York City) and is located north of the Bronx. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.5 square miles (14 km2), of which, 4.3 square miles (11 km2) of it is land and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2) of it (20.99%) is water.