1) Arsenic or silicon 2) Nonmetal 3) Nonmetallic
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1) Nonmetal 2) Nonmetallic
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semimetal; semi-metal. Compare with metal and nonmetal. An element with both metallic and nonmetallic properties. Examples are silicon, arsenic, and germanium.
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A metalloid is a chemical element that has properties in between those of metals and nonmetals. There is no standard definition of a metalloid, nor is there complete agreement as to which elements are appropriately classified as such. Despite this lack of specificity, the term remains in use in chemistry literature. The six commonly recognised met...
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[comparison of properties with those of metals and nonmetals] The following two sections summarize and tabulate the physical and chemical properties of metalloids. Properties of metals and nonmetals are also shown, for comparative purposes. Shading to either side of the metalloid column denotes immediately apparent commonalities, as compile...
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[nomenclature origin and usage] ...
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• (a.) Having the appearance of a metal. • (a.) Having the properties of a nonmetal; nonmetallic; acid; negative. • (n.) Now, one of several elementary substances which in the free state are unlike metals, and whose compounds possess or produce acid, rather than basic, properties; a nonmetal; as, boron, carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen, ...
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a chemical element with properties intermediate between those of typical metals and nonmetals. Usually considered under this classification are the ... [5 related articles]
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An element with properties intermediate between metals and non-metals.
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this term is no longer commonly used by chemists, however, it refers to elements that exhibit some properties of metals and nonmetals. These elements tend to be semiconductors. Silicon is an extremely important example of these elements. Without the semiconductive properties silicon you would not be reading this text right now as most microchips an...
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Also called a semimetal, any of a class of chemical elements intermediate in properties between metals and nonmetals. The classification is not clear cut, but typical metalloids are boron (B), silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), arsenic (As), and tellurium (Te). They are electrical semiconductors and thei...
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Formerly, the metallic base of a fixed alkali, or alkaline earth; applied by Sir H. Davy to sodium, potassium, and some other metallic substances whose metallic character was supposed to be not well defined. ... Now, one of several elementary substances which in the free state are unlike metals, and whose compounds possess or produce acid, rather t...
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(met´әl-oid) any element with both metallic and nonmetallic properties. any metallic element that does not have all the characters of a typical metal.
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Met'al·loid noun [ Latin
metallum metal +
-oid : confer French
métalloïde .]
(a) Formerly, the metallic base of a fixed alkali, or alkaline earth; -- applied by Sir H. Davy to sodium, potassium, and some other metallic substances whose metallic character was supposed to b...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: met′ă-loyd Definitions: 1. Resembling a metal in at least one amphoteric form, silicon and germanium as semiconductors.
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Metalloid is a term applied to a few chemical elements like arsenic or antimony, which are intermediate between the metals and non-metals. The term is mainly employed in Britain; on the Continent it is synonymous with non-metal.
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adj] - of or being a nonmetallic element that has some of the properties of metal
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1) An element intermediate between metals and nonmetals possessing both metallic and nonmetallic properties, as arsenic, 2) sometimes applied to elements commonly bonded in small amounts in steel, as carbon, manganese, boron, silicon, sulfur, and phosphorus.
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adjective of or being a nonmetallic element that has some of the properties of metal; `arsenic is a metalloid element`
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Any chemical element having some of but not all the properties of metals; metalloids are thus usually electrically semiconducting. They comprise the elements germanium, arsenic, antimony, and tellurium. Metalloids are found in the periodic table of the elements between metals and non-metals
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1) An element intermediate between metals and nonmetals possessing both metallic and nonmetallic properties, as arsenic, 2) sometimes applied to elements commonly bonded in small amounts in steel, as carbon, manganese, boron, silicon, sulfur, and phosphorus.
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