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Metals, Nonmetals, and Metalloids at Periodic-Table Depth

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Metals, nonmetals, and metalloids occupy distinct regions of the periodic table, with metalloids forming a staircase boundary between the other two.

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Silicon sits along that staircase and conducts moderately, unlike aluminum's strong metallic conductivity or sulfur's poor nonmetal conductivity nearby.

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This is the same three-way split from Chem 0075, taught again here at table-position depth rather than as new material.