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Sicilia Silicon

By: Savannah Bekkers and Martha Vertti

+ Our sweet Sicilia Silicon, or SI as we like to call her, was born in 1842, weighing 28.08555g*mol-1 , and measured 14 centimeters. This little metal solid was delivered by Jon Jacobs Berzelius in Sweden. She’s has a melting point of 3265 Celsius, and a boiling point of 1414 Celsius. Sicilia is a metalloid, and is solid at room temperature She has developed quite a personality, and we are quite proud of her.

To the left is a photo of Jon Jacobs Berzelius, along with a Swedish flag.

+ Birth Certificate

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Silicon’s First Picture

+Haiku

 Fourteenth Element

 Metalloid; Computer Chip

 Known As Silicon

+Carbon Family Members

Carbon Silicon Tin

Germanium Lead

3 Berzelius Way, Stockholm, Sweden

+Bohr Model

+ Sil-i-kuhn, (-kon)�

Sill {Swedish Word for Herring Fish} +

Kun {Japanese Honorific Suffix: }

Uh- {Exclamation} +

= Sil-i-Kuhnn = Silicon

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+Career

  Sicilia Silicon is expected to pursue a career that involves the constant use of technology. More specifically, it is expected of her to become a successful computer engineer for Microsoft or Apple since she is helpful when building silicon chips for computers and other technologies.