Question

complete the analogy magnesium:metal:: silicon:?
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Answer 1

silicon a metalloid -- in fact, it's the most common metalloid on earth.

Answer 2

• From the question the correct answer is metalloids.
• So that the complete analogy is magnesium:metal:: silicon: metalloids.
• As we know that the silicon is neither metal nor non-metal.
• Silicon has the properties of both metal and nonmetal.
• It is called a chemical analog to carbon.
• As we know that is brittle like a nonmetal and has luster like a metal.
• Silicon is also known as semi-metal.