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• a  not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal
  nonmetallic elements

• Diapers fastened with tabs of Velcro, a nonmetallic.
• Taking samples from the interiors of two porous nonmetallic meteorites the sort that are supposed to contain traces of "exo-life"he ground the material and boiled it, first .
• Deeper down it turns into a nonmetallic solid.

• nonmetal

• metallic

News & Articles

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• Repurposed: Ground Circuit Board Waste Can Clean Up Toxic Metals
  ckwu writes "Researchers in Hong Kong have found a beneficial new use for the electronic waste from discarded cell phones, computers, and other gadgets. Ground up into a powder, printed circuit boards from these products could sponge up another type of pollution — toxic heavy metals in water. The researchers processed the nonmetallic fraction of waste circuit boards into a powder and found that ...
  Aug. 1, 2013 - Slashdot