What are Metalloids?
Metalloids are those elements, that show an intermediate property both of metals and non-metals, present in periodic table. In simple terms, these elements of the periodic table behave both like metals and non-metals. The physical properties and chemical properties of metalloids are intermediate in nature. Their melting point, boiling point, electronegativity, ionization energy, and strength lies between metals and non-metals. Metalloids are generally amphoteric(react both as acidic and basic oxides) in nature. Metalloids have intermediate electrical conductivity.
Table of Content
- What are Metalloids?
- Which Elements Are Metalloids?
- Metalloid Elements in Periodic Table
- Examples of Metalloids
- Metalloid List
- How Many Metalloids are there on the Periodic Table?
- When Were Metalloids First Used?
- Properties of Metalloids
- What Are Metalloids Physical Properties?
- What Is a Nonmetal?
- Metal, Non Metal, and Metalloid
- Properties of Nonmetals
- Examples of Nonmetals
- What Are Metalloids Chemical Properties?
- Applications of Metalloids
Metals are the elements that show high density, malleability, ductility, sonorous, lustrous, high strength, and high melting and boiling points. Non-metals are those elements that are less dense, have less boiling and melting points, are not sonorous, not malleable, not ductile, and brittle in nature. Metalloids are those elements that show intermediate properties between metals and non-metals. Metalloids are a little lustrous in appearance, with high melting and boiling points like metals, but are brittle in nature like non-metals.
Metalloids
Metalloids are the elements in the Chemistry Periodic Table whose properties lie in between those of metals and non-metals. All the elements in the periodic table are classified into three categories namely Metals, Non-Metals, and Metalloids. Elements in the periodic table(an arrangement of different elements in order of their increasing atomic number) for the study of their properties, nature, and reaction with other elements.
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