| No. 26-201-XIB 1 Confidential information excluded from nonmetals p Preliminary Note: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. |
| The native nonmetals diamond, fullerene, graphite, and sulfur are structurally distinct from the metals and semimetals. |
| They consist of metals and nonmetals bound together in a crystalline or non-crystalline structure. |
| Potassium also reacts readily with all acids and with many nonmetals, such as sulfur, fluorine, chlorine, phosphorus, and nitrogen. |
| Exploration expenditures for nonmetals were third in 1993 after those for precious metals and base metals. |
| Alkaline Earth Metals: Very reactive elements that form ionic compounds with nonmetals. |
