Question

write a short note on the zig-zag line in the modern periodic table.

Answer 1

• A zig-zag line is shown in the p-block of the periodic table.
• The zig-zag 1ine shows the three traditional types of elements is metals, nonmetals and metalloids.
• The metalloid elements lie along the border or this zig-zag line.
• All the metals lie on the left side of the zigzag line.
• All the nonmetal’s lie on the right side of the zig-zag line.