Is hydrogen metal or nonmetal?

Non-metal

alkali metal.

non metal

Non metal

Hydrogen acts as both metal and non metal...it also looses electron and it also has the capacity to gain electron...

Of course! Non metal

Hydrogen?is a?nonmetal?and is placed above group in the periodic table because it has ns1 electron configuration like the alkali?metals. However, it varies greatly from the alkali?metals?as it forms cations (H+) more reluctantly than the other alkali?metals. However,?hydrogen?is very different from the halogens.

hydrogen shows both the properties of a metal and a non metal

non metal

Non-metal