A brown solid

element conducts

electricity well. Is it a

metal or non-metal?

Metal

Explanation:

Metals conduct electricity, because they have free and mobile electrons that can carry the electricity and spread it around. Nonmetals usually cannot conduct electricity, but there are a few exceptions.

it's a metel

Explanation:

as far as it can conduct electricity.

it's not a metal if it can't except it it's a metalloids