
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 |

