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If the stair step line on Periodic Table divide, then the elements to the left of this line are metals, except hydrogen
The homophone for the step of a ladder is "stair."
this is the line that seperates metals and non-metals. those on the left are metals and those on the right are non-metals.
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The elements on the stair step line are metalloids, to its left are metals and to its right are non metals.
The elements on the stair step line are metalloids, to its left are metals and to its right are non metals.
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metal, metalloid, and non-metal. Metals are everything left of the stair-step line, metalloids are MOST of the metals along the stair-step line, and non-metals are everything to the right of that line. The stair-step line is a line that goes (in a stair-like fashion) from between Al and B to between Po and At.
The stair step line
The tread is what you step on, the riser is the part going up. Rise=riserThe tread is what you step on. The riser is the upright piece your toe hits.
The metals and non-metals are separated by a "stair-step" pattern that begins between polonium and astatine and moves up/left to boron. Most periodic tables display this stair-step as a bold line, or a different color, or something else easy to spot. Generally speaking, the metals are everything to the left of the stair-step, and the non-metals are everything to the right. The small handful of elements that "ride" the stair-step are called metalloids. Metalloids can have properties of both metals and non-metals.