select odd one out from the following elements a. bismuth b. copper c.zinc d.arsenic. also give reason
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Arsenic is the odd one out.
Option: (d)
Explanation:
- Zinc, Copper and Bismuth are metals. On the other hand arsenic is regarded as a metalloid. The odd one out here is arsenic due to its metalloid character.
- The metal have high boiling and melting point also they are ductile and malleable. However metalloids lack these qualities of the metal.
- Boron, silicon, antimony, arsenic are some examples of metalloids.
- Metalloids also have the tendency to form covalent compounds but metals can form both covalent as well as ‘ionic compounds’.
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Arsenic is the odd one
Explanation:
Bismuth, copper and zinc are metals but arsenic is metalloid as it contain the characteristics of both metals and non metals.
It is formed by the combination of sulfur and metals.
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