Nonmetals often share or gain
electrons. The nonmetals in the periodic table increases as you move to the
right and decreases as you go down. This is because, the smaller the atom, the
reactive it gets due to less electron attached to the orbits of the atom. The
reactivity of nonmetals is arranged in decreasing order.
<span> Carbon
</span>
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Fluorine
Phosphorus
<span> Sulfur</span>
Chlorine
<span> Selenium</span>
<span> Bromine</span>
<span> Iodine</span>
