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- Silicon - Wikipedia
Silicon is the eighth most common element in the universe by mass, but very rarely occurs in its pure form in the Earth's crust It is widely distributed throughout space in cosmic dusts, planetoids, and planets as various forms of silicon dioxide (silica) or silicates
- Silicon | Element, Atom, Properties, Uses, Facts | Britannica
Silicon, a nonmetallic chemical element in the carbon family that makes up 27 7 percent of Earth’s crust; it is the second most abundant element in the crust, being surpassed only by oxygen Learn more about the characteristics, distribution, and uses of silicon in this article
- Silicon - Element information, properties and uses | Periodic Table
Element Silicon (Si), Group 14, Atomic Number 14, p-block, Mass 28 085 Sources, facts, uses, scarcity (SRI), podcasts, alchemical symbols, videos and images
- Silicon | History, Uses, Facts, Physical Chemical Characteristics
Silicon is a brittle and hard crystalline solid It has blue-grey metallic lustre Silicon, in comparison with neighbouring elements in the periodic table, is unreactive The symbol for silicon is Si with atomic number 14 It has a very high melting and boiling point
- Silicon – expert written, user friendly element information
Silicon is the eighth most abundant element in the Universe; it is made in stars with a mass of eight or more Earth suns Near the end of their lives these stars enter the carbon burning phase, adding helium nuclei to carbon to produce oxygen, neon, magnesium and silicon
- Silicon | Si (Element) - PubChem
Silicon is prepared commercially by heating silica and carbon in an electric furnace, using carbon electrodes Several other methods can be used for preparing the element
- Periodic Table of Elements: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Silicon makes up 25 7% of the earth's crust, by weight, and is the second most abundant element, being exceeded only by oxygen Silicon is not found free in nature, but occurs chiefly as the oxide and as silicates
- Silicon - Wikiwand
Silicon is the eighth most common element in the universe by mass, but very rarely occurs in its pure form in the Earth's crust It is widely distributed throughout space in cosmic dusts, planetoids, and planets as various forms of silicon dioxide (silica) or silicates
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