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What are the three main types of elements on the periodic table?
The three main types of elements on the periodic table are metals, nonmetals, and metalloids. Metals are typically shiny, conductive, and malleable. Nonmetals are typically dull, poor conductors, and brittle. Metalloids have properties that are between metals and nonmetals.
Why aren't metalliods just considered metals or nonmetals?
They have properties of both so it would be inaccurate to specify metal or nonmetal
What side of the periodic table is metalliods on?
Upper Right corner except group 18 (nobles)
What does the staircase inside the periodic table separate?
The staircase inside the periodic table separates metals from nonmetals. Metals are found to the left of the staircase, while nonmetals are found to the right. Metalliods, which have properties of both metals and nonmetals, are found along the staircase.
Are all of the elements in Groups 13 through 15 metals?
Nope. Only those surrounding the staircase line in the periodic table are metalliods. Boron(B), Silicon(S), Germanium(Ge), Arsenic(As), Antimony(Sb), Tellurium(Te) are metalloids. Aluminum(Al) and Polonium(Po) are metals. The others are non-metals.
What can you tell me about metals and non-metals and do you know anything that will simplify the definition of a metalloid without a scientific explanation?
metals= are like things that are shiny and that conduct heat metalliods= element with some propertys like metals nonmetals-= lol idk
What are three characteristics of metalliods?
1. Solids at room temperature 2. Less malleable than metals but not as brittle as nonmetals 3. Semiconductors of heat and electricity
Is alkalin earth metals metalliods or nonmetals?
Alkaline earth metals are neither metalloids nor nonmetals; they are classified as metals. This group, which includes elements like magnesium and calcium, is characterized by their shiny appearance, good conductivity of heat and electricity, and the ability to lose two electrons to form positive ions. Unlike metalloids, which have properties of both metals and nonmetals, alkaline earth metals exhibit distinctly metallic properties.
What are the elements next to the stairstep line called on the periodic table?
Elements to the left of the stair-step line are metals and to the right are the nonmetals.
What are similarities of metals metalloids and nonmetals?
Metals, metalloids, and nonmetals are all types of elements found on the periodic table. They each have unique physical and chemical properties that distinguish them from one another. All three types play important roles in the structure and behavior of matter.
What 3 major groups are the elements on the periodic table separated into?
The elements on the periodic table are separated into metals, nonmetals, and metalloids based on their properties and characteristics. Metals are typically shiny, malleable, and good conductors of electricity. Nonmetals are brittle, poor conductors of electricity, and may exist in different states of matter. Metalloids have properties of both metals and nonmetals.
Why are elements in groups 13-18 of the periodic table unique?
a single group can have members that are solids, liquids, and gases and a single group can contain metals , nonmetals and metalliods both a and b
