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===Metalloids=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Element ! Allotropes |- |[[Allotropes of boron|Boron]] | * Amorphous boron β brown powder β B<sub>12</sub> regular icosahedra * Ξ±-rhombohedral boron * Ξ²-rhombohedral boron * Ξ³-orthorhombic boron * Ξ±-tetragonal boron * Ξ²-tetragonal boron * High-pressure superconducting phase |- |[[Allotropes of silicon|Silicon]] | * [[Amorphous silicon]] * Ξ±-silicon, a semiconductor, [[diamond cubic]] structure * Ξ²-silicon - metallic, with the BCC similar to [[molybdenum]] and beta-[[tin]] (High Pressure Phase) * Q-Silicon - a ferromagnetic (Similar to Q-Carbon) and highly conductive phase of silicon (similar to graphite) <ref name="google">{{Cite web|url=https://newatlas.com/materials/q-silicon-magnetic-spintronic-quantum-computers/|title=Meet Q-silicon, a new magnetic material for spintronic quantum computers|date=July 4, 2023|website=New Atlas}}</ref> * Silicene, buckled planar single layer Silicon, similar to Graphene |- |[[Germanium#Characteristics|Germanium]] | * [[Amorphous germanium]] *Ξ±-germanium β semimetallic element or semiconductor, with the same structure as diamond (similar chemical properties with sulfur and silicon) *Ξ²-germanium β metallic, with the same structure as beta-tin *Germanene β Buckled planar Germanium, similar to graphene |- |[[Allotropes of arsenic|Arsenic]] | * Yellow arsenic β molecular non-metallic As<sub>4</sub>, with the same structure as white phosphorus (Similar chemical properties with nitrogen and phosphorus) * Gray arsenic, polymeric As (metallic, though heavily anisotropic) (similar to aluminum and antimony in chemical properties) * Black arsenic β molecular and non-metallic, with the same structure as red phosphorus |- |[[Antimony#Characteristics|Antimony]] | * Blue-white antimony β stable form (metallic), with the same structure as gray arsenic (similar to arsenic in chemical properties) * Black antimony (non-metallic and amorphous, only stable as a thin layer) |- |[[Tellurium#Characteristics|Tellurium]] | * Amorphous tellurium β gray-black or brown powder<ref>{{cite book|title=Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Vol-1|author=Raj, G.|publisher=Krishna Prakashan|isbn=9788187224037|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0uwDTrxyaB8C&pg=PA1327|page=1327|access-date=January 6, 2017}}</ref> * Crystalline tellurium β hexagonal crystalline structure (metalloid) (similar chemical properties with selenium) |}
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