Talk:Metalloid

Oxford comma?
A recent IP editor removed Oxford commas from lists. This article is in Australian English, which I am not fluent in. Do Aussies use the Oxford comma? IAmNitpicking (talk) 21:56, 11 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Australian English is somewhat based in British English which allows constructions with or without the Oxford comma. Basically, the removal of those Oxford commas are pretty useless. 182.3.38.251 (talk) 04:32, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

IUPAC suggested name
In the 5th edition of Inorganic Chemistry by Catherine Housecroft there's a mention (chapter 14.1) that IUPAC recommends using the term 'semi-metal' over 'metalloid'. I couldn't find the particular source but for example in https://iupac.qmul.ac.uk/BlueBook/P1.html the name semi-metal is used. Could someone look into this matter? It seems quite important 188.147.108.79 (talk) 18:07, 23 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Referring to metalloids as semimetals is discouraged as the term semimetal has a different meaning in physics than in chemistry. In physics, it refers to a specific kind of electronic band structure of a substance. In this context, only arsenic and antimony are semimetals, and commonly recognised as metalloids.


 * While the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry previously recommended abandoning the term metalloid, and using the term semimetal instead the most recent IUPAC publications on nomenclature and terminology do not include any recommendations on the usage of the terms metalloid or semimetal. Sandbh (talk) 12:49, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

May need some TLC
I overall like this article, although it does repeat itself and I do wonder about whether everything belongs or is making it too long/unreadable. For certain there are quite a few statements which are backed up by a single ref and are not widely recognized. As just a small example.
 * The development of a germanium-wire based anode that more than doubles the capacity of lithium-ion batteries was reported in 2014. In the same year, Lee et al. reported that defect-free crystals of graphene large enough to have electronic uses could be grown on, and removed from, a germanium substrate.

I don't think either of these is in use as yet so could be WP:TOOSOON for inclusion,if you judge them as if they had their own article. Ldm1954 (talk) 23:32, 19 June 2024 (UTC)