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Summary
silicon is a chemical element[1]. silicon draws 18,913 Wikipedia views per month (chemical element category, ranking #22 of 144).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Jöns Jacob Berzelius[3]
- Instance of: lithophile[4]
- Named after: flint[5]
- Canonical SMILES: [Si][6]
- Element symbol: Si[7]
- Chemical formula: Si[8]
- Subclass of: combustible powder[9], p-block[10], chemical element[11]
- Part of: period 3[12], group 14[13], metalloid[14]
- Commons category: Silicon[15]
- Unicode character: 矽[16]
- Crystal system: face-centered cubic[17]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1823[18]
- Point group: cubic-hexoctahedral[19]
- Space group: space group Fd-3m[20]
- Found in taxon: Opuntia ficus-indica[21], Opuntia stricta[22]
- IPA transcription: ˈsɪləkən[23], ˈsɪləkɒn[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Silicon[25]
- Commons gallery: Silicon[26]
- Atomic number: 14[27]
- Mohs' hardness: 6.5[28]
- Electronegativity: 1.90[29]
- Oxidation state: -4[30], -3[31], -2[32], -1[33], 1[34], 2[35], 3[36], 4[37], 0[38]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[39], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[41], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[42]
- Has characteristic: diamagnetism[43]
- Equivalent class: https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/element/silicon[44], https://w3id.org/pmd/co/PMD_0020050[45]
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Influence
Things named for silicon include silicon-burning process[46]; cavansite[47], a mineral species[48]; sial[49]; sima[50]; canasite[51], a mineral species[52]; kalsilite[53], a mineral species[54]; sinoite[55], a mineral species[56]; and banalsite[57], a mineral species[58].
Why It Matters
silicon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] silicon is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]
Entities named for silicon include silicon-burning process[46]; cavansite[47], a mineral species[48]; sial[49]; sima[50]; canasite[51], a mineral species[52]; and kalsilite[53], a mineral species[54].