Metalloids/Semimetals
The metalloids, also known as semimetals, are located along the staircase line that is in between the metals and nonmetals. The elements that are metalloids are Boron(B), Silicon(Si), Germanium(Ge), Arsenic(As), Antimony(Sb), and Tellurium(Te). These elements display both metallic and nonmetallic characteristics.
Information on the Metalloids
Boron(B) is element #5 and is commonly found as a laundry aid. Boron, when it's in cubic form with nitrogen, creates diamonds that are almost as hard as diamonds made by carbon. But they are also cheaper and have more heat resistance so they are used in steel working. Boron also is used in boron acid tin, compact flash card hard drives, and in Silly Putty!
Silicon(Si) is element #14 and it is not silicone. Silicon can have life-forms based from it. It was used to create memory chips, silicon mirrors, silicon wafers, silicon nitride skateboard bearings, and in the skeleton of a Venus Flower Basket.
Germanium(Ge) is element #32 and is the only stable element that bears a modern country's name, Germany. The other three, Polonium, Francium, and Americium, are radioactive. Germanium is used for bath salts and bars, infrared lenses, and in a mineral supplement.
Arsenic(As) is element #33 and is associated with poison, since it was used as poison. It is a part of Paris Green, a poison. It is also a part of, when combined with Gallium, high speed circuits in supercomputers and in cell phones. Arsenic is used in a Gallium arsenide microwave amplifier and was held in a small tin case, for poison on the go.
Antimony(Sb) is element #51 and is said to give off a melodic pinging noises after cooling. This element can make lead harder than it was and makes bullets. It was also apart of the printing press by Johann Gutenberg as the reusable letterforms. Antimony is used in Himalayan sea salt and in antimony goblets (though it is mostly made out of lead).
Tellurium(Te) is element #52 and if exposed to it, the smell of rotten garlic for weeks is the result. It is one of the rarest elements in the world. It is used as the layer in DVDs and Blu-ray discs, hollow cathode lamps, and in Bismuth telluride heat pump.
Boron(B) is element #5 and is commonly found as a laundry aid. Boron, when it's in cubic form with nitrogen, creates diamonds that are almost as hard as diamonds made by carbon. But they are also cheaper and have more heat resistance so they are used in steel working. Boron also is used in boron acid tin, compact flash card hard drives, and in Silly Putty!
Silicon(Si) is element #14 and it is not silicone. Silicon can have life-forms based from it. It was used to create memory chips, silicon mirrors, silicon wafers, silicon nitride skateboard bearings, and in the skeleton of a Venus Flower Basket.
Germanium(Ge) is element #32 and is the only stable element that bears a modern country's name, Germany. The other three, Polonium, Francium, and Americium, are radioactive. Germanium is used for bath salts and bars, infrared lenses, and in a mineral supplement.
Arsenic(As) is element #33 and is associated with poison, since it was used as poison. It is a part of Paris Green, a poison. It is also a part of, when combined with Gallium, high speed circuits in supercomputers and in cell phones. Arsenic is used in a Gallium arsenide microwave amplifier and was held in a small tin case, for poison on the go.
Antimony(Sb) is element #51 and is said to give off a melodic pinging noises after cooling. This element can make lead harder than it was and makes bullets. It was also apart of the printing press by Johann Gutenberg as the reusable letterforms. Antimony is used in Himalayan sea salt and in antimony goblets (though it is mostly made out of lead).
Tellurium(Te) is element #52 and if exposed to it, the smell of rotten garlic for weeks is the result. It is one of the rarest elements in the world. It is used as the layer in DVDs and Blu-ray discs, hollow cathode lamps, and in Bismuth telluride heat pump.
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