Near Twins And Black Sheep The Genealogy of Elements
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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Near Twins And Black Sheep The Genealogy of Elements
By. Joseph Elliott and Jordan Euliss
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Elements and proteins have a lot in common. Carbon is the building block for amino acids, and amino acids are building blocks for life.
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Silicon is very similar to Carbon. Silicon is used to make computer chips and other computer parts.
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Silicon is thought to have the ability to be the building block of life on other planets.
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Some creatures like sea urchins have silicon in their spines, and some believe silicon could form brains as complex as a carbon-based one.
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Under silicon there is Germanium. The "sorry, no-luck element," the black sheep of the column.
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Germanium was used in "the world's first solid-state amplifier" but was later replaced by silicon, the element that was less reactive.
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