Is aluminium a metalloid?

Aluminium is usually considered to be a metal, as described in the Wikipedia article Metalloids: Aluminium: Aluminium is ordinarily classified as a metal. It is lustrous, malleable and ductile, and has high electrical and thermal conductivity. read more

Aluminium is usually considered to be a metal, as described in the Wikipedia article Metalloids: Aluminium: Aluminium is ordinarily classified as a metal. It is lustrous, malleable and ductile, and has high electrical and thermal conductivity. read more

Classifying aluminium as a metalloid has been disputed given its many metallic properties. It is therefore, arguably, an exception to the mnemonic that elements adjacent to the metal–nonmetal dividing line are metalloids. read more

Aluminium is just on the metal side of the border between metals and metalloids, so it is not considered to be a metalloid. Rather, it's placed in a class called simply "Other Metals". Other metals in this class (no pun intended) include;- Tin, Lead, Bismuth, Gallium, Indium and Thallium. read more