Silicon is a semiconductor in group IVA of the periodic table with atomic number 14, an atomic weight of 28.086, and a density of 2.33 Mg/m 3. It melts at 1410 C. The electronic configuration of the ...

Silicon (Si) is a metalloid, element number 14 on the periodic table. Like carbon, silicon has four bonding sites, but silicon is more than twice as heavy as carbon. The high melting point of ...

Its properties were similar to the predicted ones of Mendeleev’s ‘eka-silicon’. The periodic table is a good example of how scientific ideas develop over time. Mendeleev left gaps in his ...

Its properties were similar to the predicted ones of Mendeleev’s ‘eka-silicon’. The periodic table is a good example of how scientific ideas develop over time. Mendeleev left gaps in his ...

Silicon, since it's right above germanium on the periodic table and has similar properties, might make a better gadget. But, they said, no one should expect a silicon transistor for years.

Scientists have developed the first electrically pumped continuous-wave semiconductor laser composed exclusively of elements from the fourth group of the periodic table—the "silicon group.