Metalloids are semiconductors because they are neither good nor poor conductors. The valence electrons of metals are not bound to any particular atom.

1 нояб. 2024 г. · They fall between metals and nonmetals in their ability to conduct heat and electricity. They are shiny like metals but brittle like nonmetals.

23 мая 2017 г. · Metalloids are not good conductors of electricity compared to metals, but they can conduct electricity to some extent.

Typical metalloids have a metallic appearance, may be brittle and are only fair conductors of electricity. They can form alloys with metals, and many of their ...

These elements look metallic; however, they do not conduct electricity as well as metals so they are semiconductors. They are semiconductors because their ...

Metalloids that can conduct electricity at higher temperatures are called semiconductors. Silicon is an example of a semiconductor. It is used to make the tiny ...

30 янв. 2014 г. · Metals conduct with their "sea of electrons". Their non-directional bonds allow for easy transfer of electrons over an applied voltage.

Оценка 5,0 (116) 21 час назад · Metalloids are called because they do not conduct electricity as well as metals but conduct it better than nonmetals.

25 нояб. 2020 г. · Metalloids, such as silicon and germanium, have a unique ability to conduct electricity under certain conditions. They are called semiconductors.