Question

Which of the following elements can be made into thin sheets?
A. Zinc
B. phosphorous
C. sulphur
D. oxygen

Answer 1

Hint: Every element existing has been divided into three types which are metals, nonmetals and metalloids. It is only metals that can show various properties in which it can be turned into wires and thin sheets by changing temperature and pressure.

Complete answer:
Let us study more about metals and non metals, metals are solid in state and lustrous in nature. Metals have high density and have high melting and boiling point. They are sonorous in nature. They can be turned into thin sheets due to the property of malleability by the process of beating at high temperatures.
They can even be turned into wires which is why they are used at many places for daily use as well. This property of metals is known as ductility. Nonmetals are brittle and can break into pieces and therefore can’t be turned into sheets or wires. Now let us analyse the options one by one and check out if any of them is a metal as if there is one then from the above discussion we can claim that it can be made into thin sheets. Therefore out of all the given options we can conclude that it is only zinc that can be made into thin sheets as it is the only metal out of the given other nonmetals like phosphorous, sulphur and oxygen.

Hence the correct option is option A.

Note: Various metals and nonmetals are arranged in a periodic table. Metals are electropositive metals and hence are a good conductor of heat and electricity. They can easily lose electrons from their outer shell. Though exceptions like sodium and mercury exist to metals.