non-metallic

基本解释

It is expected that the method can be further developed for rapid analysis of smaller non-metallic inclusions .
这一方法有望进一步被开发应用于更小的非金属夹杂物的快速分析。
But some relativistic calculations suggested it might actually behave like a different element, the inert (and non-metallic) gas, radon.
但基于相对论进行的计算表明，它更像一种独特元素、惰性（非金属）气体氡。
As every schoolboy knows, carbon in the form of graphite is the exception to the rule that metallic elements conduct electricity and non-metallic ones do not.
如每一个学生所知，碳在以石墨的形式存在时既不像金属那样导电也不像非金属那样不导电。

Here is an example that shows some very, very metallic elements, groups one and two, and some non-metallic elements over here, five, six and seven.
举个例子,这个例子表明金属元素，第一族和第二族，与一些非金属元素,在这里，第五族，第六族，和第七族。
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