Is Carbon a metal, nonmetal or metalloid The food you eat, the clothes you wear, the cosmetics you use, the fuels you use to run automobiles are all the compounds of carbon. Carbon was discovered in prehistory and it was known to the ancients. They used to manufacture charcoal by burning organic material. Carbon is a non-metal. It belongs to the fourteenth group or IV A … [Read more...] about Is Carbon a metal, nonmetal or metalloid