Si

Silicon

Atomic Number 14 · Polished wafer/chunk

The backbone of modern electronics. Second most abundant element in Earth's crust after oxygen.

Atomic Mass

28.086 u

Category

Metalloid

Phase (STP)

Solid

Density

2.3296 g/cm³

Melting Point

1414 °C

Boiling Point

3265 °C

Electronegativity

1.9 (Pauling)

Atomic Radius

110 pm

Electron Configuration

[Ne] 3s2 3p2

Discovered

1824 — Jons Jacob Berzelius

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