Silicon
Silicon is everywhere. It can be found in the rocks under our feet, in the windows of our homes, and in the "brain" of every smartphone. Without silicon to make computer chips, there would be no Silicon Valley in California. Silicon is second only to oxygen as the most common element in the earth's crust. Silicon isn't always hard, either. It's found in objects as bendable as a spatula or as stretchy as a bouncing putty. Tubes containing silicon can even help save people's lives. In this informative text, readers take a close look at this amazing element.
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Silicon
Silicon is everywhere. It can be found in the rocks under our feet, in the windows of our homes, and in the "brain" of every smartphone. Without silicon to make computer chips, there would be no Silicon Valley in California. Silicon is second only to oxygen as the most common element in the earth's crust. Silicon isn't always hard, either. It's found in objects as bendable as a spatula or as stretchy as a bouncing putty. Tubes containing silicon can even help save people's lives. In this informative text, readers take a close look at this amazing element.
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Silicon

Silicon

by Clara MacCarald
Silicon

Silicon

by Clara MacCarald

Overview

Silicon is everywhere. It can be found in the rocks under our feet, in the windows of our homes, and in the "brain" of every smartphone. Without silicon to make computer chips, there would be no Silicon Valley in California. Silicon is second only to oxygen as the most common element in the earth's crust. Silicon isn't always hard, either. It's found in objects as bendable as a spatula or as stretchy as a bouncing putty. Tubes containing silicon can even help save people's lives. In this informative text, readers take a close look at this amazing element.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781978503700
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Publication date: 12/30/2018
Series: Exploring the Elements Series
Pages: 48
Product dimensions: 7.25(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range: 10 - 13 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 4

Chapter 1 Silicon Through the Ages 7

Chapter 2 The Element Silicon 14

Chapter 3 The Properties of Silicon 22

Chapter 4 Making Silicon Compounds 29

Chapter 5 Silicon Around You 36

Glossary 42

Further Reading 44

Bibliography 45

Index 47

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