How many elements are non-metals? Out of these how many are solids, liquids and gases?
There are 22 non-metals:
10 non-metals are solids. Important solid non-metals are boron, carbon, silicon, phosphorus, arsenic, sulphur and iodine.
11 non-metals are gases. Some of these are hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, chlorine. 1 non-metal is a liquid. For example, bromine.