There are some exceptions though. For example, mercury is a liquid at room temperature. The metals in Group 1, such as lithium, sodium and potassium, are all soft. Many non-metals have low melting ...

China hits back at U.S. tariffs by restricting export of crucial metals: tungsten, tellurium, bismuth, molybdenum and indium.

Silicon (Si) is a metalloid, element number 14 on the periodic table. Like carbon, silicon has four bonding sites, but silicon is more than twice as heavy as carbon. The high melting point of ...

Rice and spinach are staples for babies' and young children's diets, but toxic metals and metalloids found in those foods can cause severe health impacts. In particular, heavy metals such as ...

In a study published in eBioMedicine, the elements, including selenium (a metalloid), sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, iron, zinc, copper, and manganese, were studied in 11 parts of the brain.