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The metalloids or semimetals are a group of elements that contain properties of both metals and nonmetals. The highlighted elements are the metalloids. Metalloids, also known as semimetals are elements containing properties similar and midway between metals and nonmetals.
Look at the Periodic Table in your textbook that shows the elements as metals, nonmetals, and. metalloids. (Metalloids, sometimes called semi-metals, behave some of the time as metals and. other times as nonmetals.) A very important distinction between metals and nonmetals is their. capacity to give up or accept electrons to become ions.