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What is the difference between metal and semimetal and nonmetal?
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∙ 11y ago
Metals are good heat and electricity conducters, most are solids, etc.
Non-metals are not good conductors, made of mostly solids and gases, etc.
And I don't think Semi-metal is even a term, I think the word your looking for is Metalloid which has properties of the other two.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoMetal are good conductors, want to lose electrons, and can bent easily.
Nonmetals are poor conductors, wants to gain electron and brake easily.
Semi metals are a chemical element with properties intermediate between those of typical metals and nonmetals
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What nonmetal in the least active of the periodic table?
it isn't actually semimetal is and it is because semi metal is ethier shinny but can't comduct electricety or is dull and can cunduct electricity
How do you moving an electron from the metal to the non metal What happens?
If the electrons are "stolen" from the metal by the nonmetal, an ionic bond is formed. If the electrons are shared between the metal and the nonmetal, a covalent bond is formed. If the electrons "resonate" between the metal and the nonmetal, a resonance bond is formed.
How do you tell the difference between two solids if one is metal and the other nonmetal?
use an electric circuit and see if it is a conductor.
What is between the nonmetal and metal on the periodic table?
metalloids
Is nails a metal nonmetal or a metalloid?
Nails are metal.
Is gold a semimetal?
No it is a metal. Not a semimetal. A semimeatal is in between metal and nonmetal.
Is plastic nonmetal metal or semimetal?
Nonmetal.
What does semimetal mean?
A semimetal has the properties of both a metal and a nonmetal. They are also called metalloids.
Is silicon a metal nonmetal or semi metal?
Silicon is a semimetal.
Is tin a semimetal nonmetal or metal?
Its a metal. Tin is a chemical element with symbol Sn (for Latin: stannum) and atomic number 50
Why covalent bond generally forms between atoms of non metal?
The electronegativity difference between nonmetals is relatively small, so such compounds are nearly always covalent. On the other hand the electronegativity difference between a metal and a nonmetal is often fairly large, so metal-nonmetal compounds are usually ionic.
What bond is between a metal and a metal?
Metal - metal compounds don't exist... Only metal-nonmetal and nonmetal-nonmetal
What is a ionic a nonmetal or metal?
it is bonding that occurs between a metal and a nonmetal with a transfer of electrons
What nonmetal in the least active of the periodic table?
it isn't actually semimetal is and it is because semi metal is ethier shinny but can't comduct electricety or is dull and can cunduct electricity
Is ionic bonds a metal or nonmetal?
it is bonding that occurs between a metal and a nonmetal with a transfer of electrons
What type of metal is silicon?
semimetal
Is Sn a metal or a nonmetal or a semimetal in the periodic table of elements?
Sn is a metal, it lies to the left of the semi-metal staircase
