Describe the main characteristic properties of s, p, d and f-block elements.

Answer

A

Explanation

The four important characteristics properties of p-block elements are the following
a) p-Block elements include both metals and non-metals but the number of non-metals is much higher than that of metals. Further, the metabolic character increases from top to bottom within a group and non-metallic character inicreases from left to right along a period in this block.
c) They mostly form covalent compounds.
Some of them show more than one (variable) oxidation states in their compounds. Their oxidising character increases form left to right in a period and reducing character increases from top to bottom in a group.