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The Periodic Table

The main group elements

The main group elements

Within the p-block at the boundary between the metallic elements (grey elements) and nonmetal elements (green elements) there is positioned boron and silicon that are metalloid in character (pink elements), i.e., they have low electrical conductivity that increases with temperature.

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    "Andrew Barron, Periodic Trends for the Main Group Elements. October 27, 2013."
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