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Silicon -classified as a metalloid -appearance: blue- grey with a metallic luster, solid at room temperature -combined with sand, quartz, and other rocks - Second most abundant element in the Earth’s crust

Silicon -classified as a metalloid -appearance: blue-grey with a metallic luster, solid at room temperature -combined with sand, quartz, and other rocks

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  • Silicon -classified as a metalloid -appearance: blue-grey with a metallic luster, solid at room temperature -combined with sand, quartz, and other rocks -Second most abundant element in the Earths crust
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  • -Semiconductor -Used is various electronic devices as microchips in computers to solar cells and phones, glass, ceramic, pottery, and enamels
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  • Work Cited Silicon. Los Alamos National Laboratory. N.p., n.d. Web.10 October 2014. Silicon. Periodic Table. Royal Society of Chemistry, n.d. Web. 10 October 2014. Gagnom, Steve. The Element Silicon. Jefferson Lab. Science Education, n.d. Web.10 October 2014.