what are the different types of the former substance mentioned by you?
Boron, silicon, germanium, arsenic, antimony
Metalloid
The six commonly recognised metalloids are boron, silicon, germanium, arsenic, antimony, and tellurium.
what does the column in the periodic table mean The columns, called groups, contain elements with similar chemical behaviours. what is this tabular structure used for? To classify chemical elements which are arranged by atomic number, electron configuration, and recurring chemical properties. The structure of the table shows periodic trends. does this contain only metals? No, it also contains metalloids, nonmetals and noble gases. where are the first one placed in the table? Somewhere between metals and nonmetals
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Metalloid [SEP] Introduction
A metalloid is a type of chemical element which has a preponderance of properties in between, or that are a mixture of, those of metals and nonmetals. There is neither a standard definition of a metalloid nor complete agreement on the elements appropriately classified as such. Despite the lack of specificity, the term remains in use in the literature of chemistry. The six commonly recognised metalloids are boron, silicon, germanium, arsenic, antimony, and tellurium. Five elements are less frequently so classified: carbon, aluminium, selenium, polonium, and astatine. On a standard periodic table, all eleven elements are located in a diagonal region of the p-block extending from boron at the upper left to astatine at lower right.