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When an element tends to lose its valence electrons in chemical reactions, it behaves more like a

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When an element tends to lose its valence electrons in chemical reactions, it behaves more like a metal.

When an element tends to gain valence electrons in chemical reactions, it behaves more like a nonmetal.

Metalloids have properties intermediate between those of pure metals and pure nonmetals. Usually, metalloids appear in groups where they are sandwiched between nonmetals and metals such as in groups 13, 14 and 15.