What is the difference between metals and non metals on the periodic table

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Dereon Palmer

Chemistry

6 April, 02:23

What is the difference between metals and non metals on the periodic table

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Georgia Duarte · Answer 1

On the periodic table, metals are separated from nonmetals by a zig-zag line stepping through carbon, phosphorus, selenium, iodine, and radon ... Elements just to the left of the line may be termed metalloids or semimetals and have properties intermediate between those of the metals and nonmetals.