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What are the metalloids?

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  • 9 years ago
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    Metalloids (Semi-metals) are located on the "staircase" of the periodic table. They share properties with both metals and non-metals because they do not exactly fit into either category. Some examples of metalloids are: silicon, boron, arsenic, germanium etc.

    Source(s): high school chemistry
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