Question

Carbon is a metal or non-metal?

Answer 1

Carbon is a solid non-metal having an atomic no. 6 and atomic mass of 12.

Metals and non-metals have some properties on the basis of which we can categorize the elements either in metals or non-metals.

Properties of metals:

• metals are lustrous in nature.
• metals are malleable.
• metals are ductile.
• metals are good conductors of heat and electricity.

Properties of non-metals:

• Metals are non-lustrous in nature.
• metals are non-malleable.
• metals are non-ductile.
• metals are bad conductors of heat and electricity.

So, by observing all these properties we can conclude that carbon is non-metal because carbon is non-lustrous, non-malleable, and non-ductile in nature.