- Books Name
- Class-8 Science Book
- Publication
- PathSet Publications
- Course
- CBSE Class 8
- Subject
- Science
Uses of Metals and Non-metals
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As discussed above, metals are hard, malleable, ductile, and sonorous and are hence, can be used for:
- Making machinery
- Making automobiles, trains, and airplanes
- Making cooking utensils and water boilers
- Making industrial gadgets and satellites etc.
Non-metals also have several uses, such as:
- Essential for life (such as oxygen)
- Used as fertilizers (such as nitrogen and phosphorus)
- Used to purify water (such as chlorine)
- Applied on wounds as an antiseptic (such as purple-colored iodine solution)
- Used in crackers (such as Sulphur)
- Oxygen –required for breathing.
- CO₂–needed for photosynthesis.
- Nitrogen, Sulphur, Phosphorus –present in DNA, RNA; also used to make fertilizers for plants.
- Carbon and hydrogen are the main elements in all biomolecules.