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Is Silica a metal or a non metal?

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Silicon is not a metal. It is usually called a metalloid bcause its properties are between those of metals and no-metals.

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Neither. Silica is a compound of two elements: silicon and oxygen.

Oxygen is a nonmetal, silicon is a metalloid.

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Silicon dioxide is a compound (SiO2) not an element.

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