silicon is a metalloid . why?
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BECAUSE IT CONTAINS PROPERTIES OF BOTH METALS AND NONMETALS.
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METALLIOD = METAL + NONMETAL.....
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Silicon has 4 electrons in its outer orbitals and to attain stable state it can Donate all its electrons like a metal or it can Accept 4 electrons like Non-Metals , it shows both the properties of a metal and a non-metal. So it is called Mettaloids or Semi-metal.
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