Provides information about the chemical element silicon, explaining what it is, its characteristics, where it is found, how it was discovered, and how it is used.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
What is silicon? -- Special charateristics -- Where silicon is found -- Extracting silicon -- How silicon was discovered -- How silicon reacts -- Silicon and carbon -- Doping silicon -- Silicon chips -- Other uses of silicon -- Silicosis -- Periodic table -- Chemical reactions.