If you pass electricity through pure water so that it changes to hydrogen and oxygen gas, what type of reaction has taken place?
a. synthesis
b. decomposition
c. single displacement
d. double displacement

the number of protons in the nucleus of a given element. has slight luster and conducts electricity at high temperatures like metal.but like a nonmetal,boron is brittle and does not conduct electricity well at low temperatures. in graphite, carbon is a soft,brittle solid.it is reflective,ductile,or malleable.