Chemistry: An Atoms-Focused Approach

Published by W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 10: 0393912345
ISBN 13: 978-0-39391-234-0

Chapter 2 - Atoms, Ions, and Molecules - Questions and Problems - Page 72: 36

Answer

Silicon

Work Step by Step

An element that has the properties of both metals and nonmetals is a metalloid. There is only one metalloid in the third row: silicon.
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