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Metalloid

The word metalloid comes from the Latin metallum ("metal") and the Greek oeidḗs ("resembling in form or appearance"). However, there is no standard definition of a metalloid and no complete agreement on which elements are metalloids. Despite the lack of specificity, the term remains in use in the literature.

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related to Sources · 2411
Metalloid → AA, Ab Initio Studies, Abundance, Academic, Academic Press, Academy, Accidental Poisoning, Acidic Medium, Acoustics, ACS Nano, Acta Crystallographica, Acta Crystallographica Section, AD, Adams WF, Adams WJ, Addison WE, Addison-Wesley, Advanced Healthcare Materials, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Advanced Institute
related to Further reading · 72
Metalloid → Addison-Wesley, Aluminum, An Electronic Band Structure, Annals, Applied Biology, Bailar JC, Boston, Brady JE, Carbon, Castellion ME, Castka JF, Chemical Education, Chemistry, Choppin GR, Company, DC Heath, Doubleday, Earth, Encyclopedia, European Perspective
related to Extraction · 49
Metalloid → Ag, Al2O3, Aluminium, Another, Antimony, Arsenic, As, As2O3, Au, B2O3, BBr3, BCl3, Boron, BX3, Carbon, CO2, Cu, FeAs2, FeAsS, FeS
related to Germanium · 24
Metalloid → As, C2O4, ClO4, Ge, Ge2, GeH2, GeO, GeO2, Germanium, H2O, HPO4, II, It, Its, IV, Liquid, Most, Na2GeO3, OCOCF3, Organogermanium
related to Tellurium · 21
Metalloid → At, Crystalline, H2, H2O, H2TeO3, It, K2Te, K2TeO3, KOH, Large, Liquid, NO3, SO4, Superheated, Te, Te2O3, Te2O4H, Tellurium, TeO2, TeSO3
related to Glass formation · 17
Metalloid → Amorphous, Arsenic, As2O3, Aside, Au75Si25, B2O3, Boron, GeO2, Germanium, Most, Pd82, Sb2O3, SiO2, Tellurium, TeO2, The, These
related to Carbon · 13
Metalloid → Carbon, CH, ClO4, Each, Graphite, Hexagonal, HSO4, In, It, Perpendicular, S/cm, The, Waals
related to Derivation and other names · 13
Metalloid → Amphoteric, Be, Cd, Hg, In, Meta-metal, Pb, Several, Sn, The, These, Tl, Zn
related to Origin and usage · 13
Metalloid → Applied Chemistry, Atkins, Despite, IUPAC, James Apjohn's, Jöns Berzelius, Manual, Metalloids, Pure, Since, The, The International Union, Use
related to Pyrotechnics · 13
Metalloid → Aluminium, Antimony, Arsenic, As2S3, Boron, Carbon, Doped, Phosphorus, Sb2S3, Selenium, Silicon, Tellurium, The

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Metalloidis aelement that possesses a preponderance of properties in between0.90text
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electronegativity is commonly usedinstance ofindividual classification arrangements tend to share common ground and vary in the ill-defined margins.A single quantitative criterion0.80text
metalloids having electronegativity values from 1.8 or 1.9 to 2.2instance ofindividual classification arrangements tend to share common ground and vary in the ill-defined margins.A single quantitative criterion0.80text
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tinea versicolorinstance ofSelenium sulfide is used in medicinal shampoos and to treat skin infections0.80text
siliconesinstance ofSilicon compounds0.80text
silanesinstance ofSilicon compounds0.80text
silsesquioxaneinstance ofSilicon compounds0.80text
silicainstance ofSilicon compounds0.80text
and silicatesinstance ofSilicon compounds0.80text

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