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What is he light blue "stair step" area called?


Non-Metals


Metalloids/Semi-Metals


Transition Metals

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Metalloids (also called semimetals).

That stair-step line on the periodic table marks the elements with intermediate properties between metals and nonmetals (e.g., B, Si, Ge, As, Sb, Te).