Definition of Metalloids. Meaning of Metalloids. Synonyms of Metalloids

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Definition of Metalloids

Metalloid
Metalloid Met"al*loid, a. 1. Having the appearance of a metal. 2. (Chem.) Having the properties of a nonmetal; nonmetallic; acid; negative.

Meaning of Metalloids from wikipedia

- line between metals and nonmetals, and the metalloids may be found close to this line. Typical metalloids have a metallic appearance, but they are brittle...
- Some consider metalloids distinct from both metals and nonmetals, while others classify them as nonmetals. Some categorize certain metalloids as metals (e...
- sources that list elements classified as metalloids. The sources are listed in chronological order. Lists of metalloids differ since there is no rigorous widely...
- intermediate metalloid category. Some authors count metalloids as nonmetals with weakly nonmetallic properties. Others count some of the metalloids as post-transition...
- the transition metals to their left and the chemically weak nonmetallic metalloids to their right have received many names in the literature, such as post-transition...
- subdivided the metalloids into three classes. These were: constantly gaseous 'gazolyta' (hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen); real metalloids (sulfur, phosphorus...
- brittle metals—****nic and antimony—are commonly instead recognised as metalloids due to their chemistry (predominantly non-metallic for ****nic, and balanced...
- densities, atomic weights, or atomic numbers. The criteria used, and whether metalloids are included, vary depending on the author and context. In metallurgy...
- symbol Sb (from Latin stibium) and atomic number 51. A lustrous gray metalloid, it is found in nature mainly as the sulfide mineral stibnite (Sb2S3)...
- the only one having all three types of elements: metals, nonmetals, and metalloids. The p-block elements can be described on a group-by-group basis as: group...