Q. Which of the following is/are correct about elements?

1. Elements can be normally divided into metals, non-metals and metalloids.
2. Antoine Laurent Lavoisie was the first scientist to use the term ‘element’ in 1661.

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Answer: Only 1
Notes: Robert Boyle was the first scientist to use the term element in 1661. Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-94), a French chemist, was the first to establish an experimentally useful definition of an ‘element’. He defined an ‘element’ as a basic form of matter that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical reactions. Elements can be normally divided into metals, non-metals and metalloids.