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The semiconductors are found primarily in the transition metals groups and are referred to as metalloids.

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What category of elements are semi conductors?

The metalloids, silicon germanium etc.


Elements that are semi conductors and lie between the metals and non metals are?

metalloids


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Is boron a semi-conductors?

Group 14 elements such as silicon or germanium generally act as semi-conductors. Boron, a group 13 element, normally acts as a dopant in semiconductors.


What are the many different ways elements on the periodic table are classified?

1.metals, semi-metals, non metals 2.Solid, liquid, gas 3.Conductors Semi-conductors Insulators


Is non metal a semi conductor?

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What are the three main classifications of elements on the periodic table of element?

The three main classifications of elements on the periodic table are metals, nonmetals, and metalloids. Metals are typically shiny, good conductors of heat and electricity, and malleable. Nonmetals are usually dull in appearance, poor conductors of heat and electricity, and brittle. Metalloids have properties that are intermediate between metals and nonmetals.


What are conductors insulators and semi conductors and super conductors?

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Is a metal a semi conductor?

No metal is semiconductor. By definition metal is conductor. There are metalloids elements. Like silicon and germanium. They are semiconductors. There is no hard and fast definition of such elements.


Metalloids are also called?

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Do semi-metals count as a metal?

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What is the most common semi metal?

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