The three elements boron, silicon and germanium belong to :
(a) What are metalloids? Name two metalloids.
(b) Classify the following elements into metals,non-metals, and metalloids:
Copper, Sulphur, Aluminium, Oxygen, Silicon, Nitrogen, Germanium, Mercury, Chlorine, and Sodium.
The three elements predicted by Mendeleev from the gaps in his periodic table were known as eka-boron, eka-aluminium and eka-silicon. What names were given to these elements when they were discovered later on?