SEARCH Articles Figures Tables CHEMISTRY OF THE NONMETALS Compounds with the Nonmetals Nonmetals Nonmetals Elements above and to the right Other Normal-valence Compounds of the Nonmetals Periodic Anomalies of the Nonmetals and Posttransition Metals Poor Metals, Metalloids, and Nonmetals The BCNOs Skill 12.11-Based on position in the periodic table, predict which elements have characteristics of metals, semimetals, nonmetals, and inert gases Solutions and the Nonmetal-to-Metal Transition The Metal-Nonmetal Line The Metal-Nonmetal Transition in Mercury Clusters The Nonmetal Atom Sharing Rule of Low-Barrier Transition States The Periodic Table Metals, Nonmetals, and Metalloids The Use (or Not) of d Orbitals by Nonmetals