Identify each property below as more characteristic of a metal or a nonmetal.
a) a gas at room temperature
b) brittle
c) malleable
d) poor conductor of electric current
e) shiny

Imagine a small synthetic vesicle made from pure phospholipids enclosing an interior lumen containing 1 mm glucose and 1 mm sodium chloride. if the vesicle is placed in pure water, which of the following happens faster? a. na+ diffuses out. b. cl– diffuses out. c. h2o diffuses in. d. glucose diffuses out. e. sodium chloride diffuses out.