Question

Is silicon (Si) a metal, metalloid, or non-metal? Explain.

Answer 1

Heya mate!

Silicon is a metalloid..

The reason is it shows the properties of both a metal and a non metal..!

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Answer 2

Silicon is neither metal nor non-metal; it's a metalloid, an element that falls somewhere between the two. The category of metalloid is something of a gray area, with no firm definition of what fits the bill, but metalloids generally have properties of both metals and non-metals. They look metallic, but conduct electricity only intermediately well. Silicon is a semiconductor, meaning that it does conduct electricity. Unlike a typical metal, however, silicon gets better at conducting electricity as the temperature increases (metals get worse at conductivity at higher temperatures).