Silicon (pronounced /ˈsɪlɨkən/ SIL -ə-kən or /ˈsɪlɨkɒn/ SIL -ə-kon , Latin : silicium ) is the most common metalloid . It is a chemical element , which has the symbol Si and atomic number 14. A tetravalent metalloid , silicon is less reactive than its chemical analog carbon . Silicon is the eighth most common element in the universe by mass, but silicon very rarely occurs as the pure free element in nature. It is more widely distributed in dusts, sands , planetoids and planets as various forms of silicon dioxide (silica) or silicates . In Earth's crust, silicon is the second most abundant element after oxygen , making up 25.7% of the crust by mass According to Wikipedia I have heard read and thought about the concept of moving from a carbon based energy to silicon and from the esoteric community that we are literally moving from carbon based to ...
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