List of metalloid lists
Encyclopedia
Lists of metalloids differ since there is no universally agreed or rigorous definition of the term metalloid
(or its occasional alias, 'semi-metal').
The metalloid lists in this article have been sorted by year, author and edition. The frequency row gives the appearance count for each element, as a percentage. This figure needs to be manually checked, and updated if needs be, each time there is a new entry or a correction to the main body of the table.
A hashmark (#) next to an element means that its inclusion as a metalloid, in that particular reference, is qualified in some way by the author/s. When adding up the appearance count for each element, a hashmark entry has a value of one-half (½); a blank entry has a value of zero (0); and all other entries have a value of one (1).
Metalloid
Metalloid is a term used in chemistry when classifying the chemical elements. On the basis of their general physical and chemical properties, each element can usually be classified as a metal or a nonmetal. However, some elements with intermediate or mixed properties can be harder to characterize...
(or its occasional alias, 'semi-metal').
The metalloid lists in this article have been sorted by year, author and edition. The frequency row gives the appearance count for each element, as a percentage. This figure needs to be manually checked, and updated if needs be, each time there is a new entry or a correction to the main body of the table.
A hashmark (#) next to an element means that its inclusion as a metalloid, in that particular reference, is qualified in some way by the author/s. When adding up the appearance count for each element, a hashmark entry has a value of one-half (½); a blank entry has a value of zero (0); and all other entries have a value of one (1).
Frequency (%) | 1 | 4 | 86 | 9 | 9 | 95 | 5 | 2 | 95 | 99 | 24 | 3 | 87 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 48 | 40 | |
Reference | H | Be | B | C | Al | Si | P | S | Ge | As | Se | Sn | Sb | Te | I | Pb | Bi | Po | At | Extras |
Simmons 1947 | As | Se | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||||
Pauling 1949 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Szabó & Lakatos 1954 | Be | B | Al | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||
Dull, Metcalfe & Williams 1958 | B | Al | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | |||||||||||
Frey 1958 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Johnstone & Miller 1960 | B | C | Si | P | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | |||||||||||
Edwards et al. 1961 | B | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | I | ||||||||||||
Bond 1962 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Swift & Schaefer 1962 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Bi | ||||||||||||||
Hoffman 1963 | Be | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | |||||||||||||
Nathans 1963 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | At | |||||||||||||
Bailar, Moeller & Kleinberg 1965 | Ge | As | Se | Te | ||||||||||||||||
Selwood 1965 | B | Al | Si | Ge | As | Sn | Sb | Te | Bi | Po | At | Ga | ||||||||
Bassett et al. 1966 | Be | B | Al | Si | Ge | Sb | Te | Po | ||||||||||||
Hultgren 1966 | C | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | |||||||||||||
Metcalfe, Williams & Castka 1966 | B | Al# | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | ||||||||||||
Rochow 1966 | B | C# | Si | P# | Ge | As | Se# | Sb | Te | Bi# | Po# | At# | ||||||||
Mahan 1967 | B | Si | Ge | As | Te | |||||||||||||||
Paul, King & Farinholt 1967 | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Siebring 1967 | B | Al | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | ||||||||||||
Cotton & Lynch 1968 | B | C | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | At | |||||||||||
Dunstan 1968 | Be | Al | Ge# | As | Sn | Sb | Te | Pb | Bi | Po | ||||||||||
Tyrell & Warren 1968 | B | C# | Al# | Si | P# | Ge# | As | Se# | Sb# | Te | I# | Po# | At | |||||||
Williams, Embree & DeBey 1968 | B | Al | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | ||||||||||||
Chedd 1969 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||||
Hägg 1969 | Ge | As | Sn | Sb | Te | At | ||||||||||||||
Holum 1969 | B | Al | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | |||||||||||
Hunter 1969 | Si | As | Se | Sb | Te | |||||||||||||||
Moody 1969 | Be | B | Al | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||
Dickerson, Gray & Haight 1970 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Hardwick & Knobler 1970 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Williams, Embree & DeBay 1970 | Be | B | Al | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||
Dickson 1971 | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | ||||||||||||||
Emsley 1971 | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||||
Nitz & Dhonau 1971 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Pimentel & Spratley 1971 | B | C | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | Po# | At# | ||||||||||
Barrow 1972 | B | Si | Ge | As | Te | |||||||||||||||
Choppin & Johnsen 1972 | B | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | |||||||||||||
Horvath 1973 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Pascoe 1973 | B | C | Si | P | Ge | Se | Te | At | ||||||||||||
Seager & Stoker 1973 | Be | B | Al | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||
Allen & Keefer 1974 | B | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | At | ||||||||||||
Andrews 1974 | B | Si | As | Te | At | |||||||||||||||
Day & Johnson 1974 | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | |||||||||||||
Dickson 1974 | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | |||||||||||||
Duffy 1974 | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | |||||||||||||||
Fuller 1974 | B | C | Si | Ge | As | Se | Te | |||||||||||||
Nordmann 1974 | B | Si | Ge | As | Se | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||||
O'Connor 1974 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Rock & Gerhold 1974 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||||
Pauling & Pauling 1975 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Hearst & Ifft 1976 | B | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | |||||||||||||
Tyler Miller 1976 | H | B | Al | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||
Waser, Trueblood & Knobler 1976 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Bloomfield 1977 | B | Al | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | |||||||||||
Ucko 1977 | B | Al | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | |||||||||||
Hill & Holman 1978 | B | C# | Si | Ge | As | Te | ||||||||||||||
Coxon, Fergusson & Phillips 1980 | Be# | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb# | Te | At | ||||||||||||
Warrena & Geballe 1981 | B | C | Si | P | S | As | Se | Te | At | |||||||||||
Walters 1982 | B | Si | Ge | As | Te | |||||||||||||||
Edwards & Sienko 1983 | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At# | ||||||||||||||
Holtzclaw, Robinson & Nebergall 1984 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||||
Boikess & Edelson 1985 | B | Si | Ge | As | Te | |||||||||||||||
Peters 1986 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||||
Hibbert & James 1987 | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Bi | Po | |||||||||||||
Jones et al. 1987 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||||
McQuarrie & Rock 1987 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||||
Wulfsberg 1987 | B | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | |||||||||||||
Thayer 1988 | B | Si | P | Ge | As | Te | ||||||||||||||
Whitten, Gailey & Davis 1988 | B | Al | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | |||||||||||
Bailar et al. 1989 | B | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | |||||||||||||
Gill 1989 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Malone 1989 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||||
Petrucci 1989 | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | |||||||||||||
Puddephatt & Monaghan 1989 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Scott 1989 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Segal 1989 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Oxtoby, Nachtrieb & Freeman 1990 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||||
Atkins & Beran 1990 | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | ||||||||||||||
Ebbing & Wrighton 1993 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | At | |||||||||||||
Zumdahl 1993 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||||
Birk 1994 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Smith 1994 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
AAE 1996 | B | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | |||||||||||||
Brady & Holum 1996 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||||
Harrison & de Mora 1996 | B | Si | Ge | As | Te | |||||||||||||||
Hook & Post 1996 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||||
Atkins & Jones 1997 | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | ||||||||||||||
Dayah 1997 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Mingos 1998 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Joesten & Wood 1999 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Kremer 1999 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Thompson 1999 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Umland & Bellama 1999 | B | Si | Ge | As | Se | Te | At | |||||||||||||
Callister 2000 | B | C | Si | Ge | As | Se | Te | |||||||||||||
Enloe 2000 | B | Si | As | Te | At | |||||||||||||||
Mann, Meek & Allen 2000 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Bi | Po | ||||||||||||
Phillips, Stozak & Wistrom 2000 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||||
Ryan 2000 | B | Si | Ge | As | Te | |||||||||||||||
Hawkes 2001 | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | Bi | ||||||||||||||
Lewis & Evans 2001 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Masterton & Hurley 2001 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Barrett 2002 | B# | Si# | Ge# | As# | Se# | Sb# | Te# | |||||||||||||
Chang 2002 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | 116, 117 | |||||||||||
Harding, Johnson & Janes 2002 | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | |||||||||||||||
Johnson 2002 | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | At | ||||||||||||||
Rodgers 2002 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | At | |||||||||||||
Szefer 2002 | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Woodgate 2002 | Al | Ge | As | Sb | Te | |||||||||||||||
Wright & Welbourn 2002 | B | Si | Ge | As | Te | |||||||||||||||
e-encyclopedia 2003 | B | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | |||||||||||||
Gupta 2003 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Hunt 2003 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Myers 2003 | B | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | At | ||||||||||||
Williams 2003 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Atkins 2004 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Cox 2004 | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Gilbert, Kirss & Davies 2004 | B | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | At | ||||||||||||
Reilly 2004 | B | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | Po | At | |||||||||||
Ebbing & Gammon 2005 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | At | |||||||||||||
Fry & Page 2005 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Halliday, Resnick & Walker 2005 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||||
Holler & Selegue 2005 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At# | ||||||||||||
Kotz, Treichel & Weaver 2005 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Meyer 2005 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | At | |||||||||||||
Orchin 2005 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||||
Swenson 2005 | B | C | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | Bi | Po | At | |||||||||
Baird 2006 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | At | |||||||||||||
Blei & Odian 2006 | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | 116 | ||||||||||||
Brown & Holme 2006 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | At | |||||||||||||
Dashek & Harrison 2006 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||||
Finch et al. 2006 | B | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | |||||||||||||
Goldfrank & Flomenbaum 2006 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | At | |||||||||||||
Hatt 2006 | B | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | |||||||||||||
Hérold 2006 | B | C | Si | P | Ge | As | Se | Bi | Po | At# | ||||||||||
McMonagle 2006 | B | Si | Ge | As | Te | 114, 115, 116 | ||||||||||||||
Rayner-Canham & Overton 2006 | B | Si | Ge | As | Te | |||||||||||||||
Silberberg 2006 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Slade 2006 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Wertheim, Oxlade & Stockley 2006 | B | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | At | ||||||||||||
Whitley 2006 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
American Chemical Society 2007 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Astruc 2007 | B | Si | P | S | As | Se | ||||||||||||||
Casper 2007 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Crystal 2007 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
DeGraff 2007 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Joesten, Hogg & Castellion 2007 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Lewis 2007 | B | C | Si | P | S | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||
Petty 2007 | B | C | Si | P | Ge | As | Se | Sn | Sb | Te | Bi | Po | At | |||||||
Rösler, Harders & Bäker 2007 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sn# | Sb | Te | |||||||||||||
Saunders 2007 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||||
Saunders 2007 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||||
Shipman, Wilson & Tood 2007 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Bauer, Birk & Sawyer 2008 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | At | |||||||||||||
Clugston & Flemming 2008 | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Encyclopedia Columbia 2008 | As | Se | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||||
Ham 2008 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Kelter, Mosher & Scott 2008 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | At | |||||||||||||
Masterton & Hurley 2008 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Merck 2008 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Nicolaou & Montagnon 2008 | B | C | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | |||||||||||
Řezanka & Sigler 2008 | B | Si | As | Se | Te | At | ||||||||||||||
Tro & Neu 2008 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Vallero 2008 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Brown et al. 2009 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Burrows et al. 2009 | B | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | |||||||||||||
Castor-Perry 2009 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | I | Po | At | |||||||||||
Cracolice & Peters 2009 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | At | |||||||||||||
Economou 2009 | B | Al | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | |||||||||||
Habashi 2009 | B | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te | Bi | Po | |||||||||||
Hein & Arena 2009, | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Leach 2009 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Manning 2009 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
McMurray & Fay 2009 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | At | |||||||||||||
Reger, Goode & Ball 2009 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Schnepp 2009 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||||
Shubert & Leyba 2009 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Whitten et al. 2009 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | At | |||||||||||||
Aldinger & Weberruss 2010 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Banks et al. 2010 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | ||||||||||||||
Bentor 2010 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Fayer 2010 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||||
Gray 2010 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | At | |||||||||||||
Groysman 2010 | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | ||||||||||||||
Halka & Nordstrom 2010 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Lombi E & Holm PE 2010 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||||
NEST Association 2010 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | At | |||||||||||||
RCCS 2010 | B | C | Si | P | Ge | As | Se | Sn | Sb | Te | Bi | Po | At | |||||||
Senese 2010 | B# | C | Si | Ge | As | Se# | Sb | Te | Po | At | ||||||||||
Barbalace 2011 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po | |||||||||||||
Encyclopædia Britannica Online 2011 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po# | At# | ||||||||||||
Helmenstine 2011 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | Po# | |||||||||||||
Moore 2011 | B | Si | Ge | As | Sb | Te | At | |||||||||||||
QA International 2011 | B | Si | Ge | As | Se | Sb | Te |