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Silicon, germanium, arsenic and antimony are classed as what type of elements?
ANoble gas elements
BMetalloid elements
CAlkaline earth metals
DTransition metals
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Metalloid elements
These elements border the zig-zag metal and non-metal line and show properties of both, so they are metalloids.
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