Os semimetais na origem e evolução da vida

Metalloids have characteristics between metals and non-metals which give them, in some cases, specific properties. At least two of this chemical elements, boron and silicon, are essential to a significant number of living organisms and since some years ago it has been observed that the same metalloi...

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Main Authors: Manuel Aureliano, Pedro A. Nolasco, João J. R. Fraústo da Silva, José Armando L. da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2012-01-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422012000500036&lng=en&tlng=en