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As you move from left to right across the periodic table, what happens (in terms of metals/nonmetals, etc.)?

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As you move from left to right across the periodic table, you start to leave the metals and run into the metalloids like boron and silicon. As you keep going right, you eventually run into the non metals like carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen. Metals and non metals are separated by a diagonal line.
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