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Answer the following in respect of element $16^{S^{32}} .$
(iv) Is it metal or nonmetal?

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Sulphur has an incomplete valence shell as it has 6 valence electrons.

So, it tends to accept 2 electrons from the combining atom to attain stability. Thus, it is a non-metal.

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