SILICON(SI)

PROPERTIES OF SILICON

• Metalloid but can have nonmetal characteristics depending on the element reacting with it
• Texture: strong, hard but very delicate and breakable
• Color: grey, shiny, metallic color
• Melting point: 1,414*C
• Boiling point: 3,265*C

HISTORY

• Antoine Lavoisier was first to discover/identify silicon
• When: 1787
• Jöns Jakob Berzelius was noteworthy in isolating silicon to prove it as an element
• When: 1824

HUMAN INTERACTION

• Makes up 27.7% of earth's crust
• Silicon can be found in sand
• Today, people use sand to make glass and different construction materials
• Silicon can even be found in human bones

FOUND IN SAND

USED IN COMPUTER CHIPS

ALSO USED TO MAKE GLASS

ORBITAL DIAGRAM FOR SILICON