Silicon

Element, Atom, Properties, Uses, & Facts

Oct 9, 2023 - 10:53
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silicon

silicon (Si), a nonmetallic chemical element in the carbon family (Group 14 [IVa] of the periodic table). Silicon makes up 27.7 percent of Earth’s crust; it is the second most abundant element in the crust, being surpassed only by oxygen.

Jöns Jacob BerzeliusJöns Jacob Berzelius

The name silicon derives from the Latin silex or silicis, meaning “flint” or “hard stone.” Amorphous elemental silicon was first isolated and described as an element in 1824 by Jöns Jacob Berzelius, a Swedish chemist. Impure silicon had already been obtained in 1811. Crystalline elemental silicon was not prepared until 1854, when it was obtained as a product of electrolysis. In the form of rock crystal, however, silicon was familiar to the predynastic Egyptians, who used it for beads and small vases; to the early Chinese; and probably to many others of the ancients. The manufacture of glass containing silica was carried out both by the Egyptians—at least as early as 1500 bce—and by the Phoenicians. Certainly, many of the naturally occurring compounds called silicates were used in various kinds of mortar for construction of dwellings by the earliest people.

Element Properties
atomic number14
atomic weight28.086
melting point1,410 °C (2,570 °F)
boiling point3,265 °C (5,909 °F)
density2.33 grams/cm3
oxidation state−4, (+2), +4
electron configuration1s22s22p63s23p2

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