Malik analyzed three samples to test which element was a metalloid. the table shows his results. which element (a, b, or c) is most likely a metalloid?

the answer is c :)

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According to the test results obtained by Malik it is clear that C is the element which can be classified as a metalloid. As it has all the features of metalloid.

It is lustrous and brittle. It can either react like and acid or base. It has sharp melting point and main identity was that it has medium electrical conductivity.

This all signs prove that it is a metalloid in nature.

- calcium has greater affinity to bond with electron receptors than hydrogen does and hence, it has the ability to replace hydrogen in most of its compounds.

- lithium has 2 valence electrons in the product because it can make only 1 bond with hydrogen. beryllium has 4 valence electrons in the product because it can only make 2 bonds. it has fewer electrons than neon and can react with electron donors. each hydrogen has 2 valence electrons, the same as helium.

- the covalent bond formed between carbon and hydrogen is polar because carbon is more electronegative than hydrogen and it attracts the bonded electron pair closer to itself, thus giving hydrogen a partial positive charge.

- a hydrogen bond is a relatively weak bond that hydrogen atoms make with the electronegative atoms nitrogen, oxygen or fluorine.

so the best choice is a.) 2 calcium (ca) atoms