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Inorganic Chemicals > Elements > Metalloids > Silicon

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Silicon  

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  • Silicon 28
  • Silicon-28

Note

  • do not confuse with SILICA or SILICONES; lung disease from various silicon dusts = SILICOSIS

Scope note

  • A trace element that constitutes about 27.6% of the earth's crust in the form of SILICON DIOXIDE. It does not occur free in nature. Silicon has the atomic symbol Si, atomic number 14, and atomic weight [28.084; 28.086].

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012825

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