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Silicon
Silicon
n.
A
nonmetalic
element
analogous
to
carbon
. It
always
occurs
combined
in
nature
,
and
is
artificially
obtained
in
the
free
state
,
usually
as a
dark
brown
amorphous
powder
, or as a
dark
crystalline
substance
with
a
meetallic
luster
.
Its
oxide
is
silica
, or
common
quartz
,
and
in
this
form
, or as
silicates
, it is,
next
to
oxygen
,
the
most
abundant
element
of
the
earth
's
crust
.
Silicon
is
characteristically
the
element
of
the
mineral
kingdom
, as
carbon
is of
the
organic
world
.
Symbol
Si.
Atomic
weight
28.
Called
also
silicium
.
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