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Nonmetal vs Metalloids - What's the difference?

nonmetal | metalloids |

As nouns the difference between nonmetal and metalloids

is that nonmetal is (chemistry) an element, such as phosphorus or chlorine, that does not have the chemical or physical properties of a metal while metalloids is .

nonmetal

English

(wikipedia nonmetal)

Alternative forms

* non-metal

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) an element, such as phosphorus or chlorine, that does not have the chemical or physical properties of a metal

    • metalloids

    English

    Noun

    (head)