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When non metals such as nitrogen and phosphorus are solids, they tend to be very dull and brittle which is due to the tendency of elements to revert to their original form.
The purpose of the Missouri Compromise was to keep a balance between the number of slave states and the number of free states in the Union. It allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state at the same time Maine entered as a free state, thus maintaining a balance in numbers of free and slave states.
The closing agent or an escrow officer
