poor metal

poor metal (plural poor metals)

1. Any of various metallic elements in the p-block of the periodic table, generally with higher electronegativity, lower melting and boiling points and greater softness than the transition metals.

   Synonym: post-transition metal

• "Poor metals" is not a rigorous term, but the grouping is generally taken to include aluminium, gallium, indium, thallium, tin, lead, bismuth, and polonium. Occasionally germanium and antimony are also included, although these are usually considered to be metalloids.

• metal-poor