Elements can generally be described as either metals or nonmetals. Metal elements are usually good conductors of both electricity and heat. read more
Here Pink color of the elements can called it as the transion metals and which were enterly different than the metalloids. But there is a possibility become a similarity when they follows the Hume-Ruther Theory of solid solutions. read more
Metalloids can be either metals or nonmetals, depending on which it's paired up with. Metals stay as metal. Yea going with what frustrated said, basically transition metals have valence electrons in the d-orbital, and all metalloids have valence electrons in the p-orbitals. read more
The chemical elements can be broadly divided into metals, metalloids and nonmetals according to their shared physical and chemical properties. All metals have a shiny appearance (at least when freshly polished); are good conductors of heat and electricity; form alloys with other metals; and have at least one basic oxide. read more