JEE Advanced Chemistry question

A group 16 element exists in the monoatomic state in metallic lattice. It also exists in two crystalline forms. The metal is

(A)Sulphur
(B)PoloniumCorrect
(C)Selenium
(D)Tellurium

Answer: (B)

Solution

Polonium is the only Group 16 element that is a true metal, crystallising as a simple-cubic monoatomic metallic lattice (α-Po) and, at higher temperature, in a second rhombohedral metallic form

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