Question

_______ possess properties of both metals and nonmetals.

Answer 1

Metalloids: Metalloids are a small group of elements founds in the periodic table. It has intermediate properties between those of metals and non-metals.

• Examples, boron, silicon, germanium, arsenic, antimony, and tellurium.
• Generally, metalloids are good semiconductors.
• The reactivity of metalloids depends on the properties of the elements they are reacting with.
• Electronegativity and ionization energy is between metals and non-metals.

Thus, metalloids possess properties of both metals and nonmetals.