Question

Robert Boyle was the first scientist to use the term element in 1661. Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743 -94), a French chemist was the first to establish an experimentally useful definition of an element. He defined an element as a basic form of matter that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical reactions. Elements can be normally divided into metals, non metals and metalloids. Now classify the following elements into metals, non-metals and metalloids. (A) Bromine, (B) Potassium, (C) Boron, (D) Mercury, (E) Germanium, (F) Carbon​

Answer 1

Answer:

Metals-- Potassium, Boron, Mercury

Non Metals-- Bromine, Carbon

Metalloids-- Germanium