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| Characteristics of Metals |
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| One can easily differentiate between metals and non-metals based on their placement on the Periodic Table of the Elements. The metals are elements (with the exception of hydrogen) that are found to the left of a group of elements referred to as the metalloids. The metalloids are a group of elements which have properties similar to both the metals and non-metals. These metalloids are: Boron, silicon, germanium, arsenic, antimony, tellurium and astatine. |
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| The non-metals are elements found to the right of these metalloids, including the element, hydrogen. |
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