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Standard XII
Chemistry
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Which one of the following elements is the poorest conductor of heat
  1. sodium
  2. zinc
  3. lead
  4. mercury

A
sodium
B
lead
C
mercury
D
zinc
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Lead has less metallic character, so it is a poor conductor of heat.
lead lies in group 14 of the modern periodic table. metallic characters decrease, as we move left to right in the periodic table.

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