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What are examples of metals, non-metals and metalloids?


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Metals

  • A large percentage of elements in the periodic table are metals.
  • Included are alkali metals, transition metals, lanthanides, actinides, and alkaline earth metals.
  • Metals are distinguished from nonmetals on a periodic table by a jagged line that goes from carbon to radon.
  • Examples of metals are Gallium, indium, magnesium, lithium, and sodium.

Non-Metals

  • These can be discovered on the right side of the periodic table.
  • Examples of nonmetals are Sulphur, carbon, phosphorus, oxygen, nitrogen, and noble gases.

Metalloids

  • Semimetals, also known as metalloids, are elements found bridging metals and nonmetals.
  • These will incorporate the attributes of metals and nonmetals.
  • Examples of metalloids are Silicon, Germanium, Arsenic etc.

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