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Grade 9Inorganic Chemistry

What is the criteria for being more metallic? Which one is more metallic ? Sodium or Beryllium and why?

Profile image of Saptarshi Majumdar
14 Years agoGrade 9
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Profile image of nikhil arora
14 Years ago

the elements which lies on left side in any period and down the group are more metallic.

since sodium is on left side of beryllium and also down the group, it is more metallic than beryllium