Chemistry
Grade-9
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Silicon is a semiconductor and has properties of both metals and non-metals. What type of element is Silicon?

  1. Metal
  2. Non-metal
  3. Metalloid
  4. pretty

hintHint:

Metalloid

The correct answer is: Metalloid


    A metalloid is a type of chemical element which has a preponderance of properties in between, or that are a mixture of, those of metals and nonmetals.
    Silicon is a semiconductor and has properties of both metals and non-metals, it is a metalloid.

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