carbon | kar-bon | R3m for rhombohedral graphite | 0.0035 barns | | 9 to 16 | 710.9 kJ mol-1 | | 990 - 2320 W m-1 K-1 for diamond at 298 K | pre-historic | in planet metallic core and associated with iron | carbo = charcoal from Latin | 1.19 × 10-6 K-1 for diamond | 105.1 kJ mol-1 | amorphous, fullerenes, bucky tubes, diamond, graphite and soot. Safe. | diamond deposits in South Africa, USA, Russia, Brazil, Zaire, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Canada | 300 g | | 800000 years | diamond, graphite, calcium magnesium carbonates, fossil fuel | 800 K for buckminsterfullerene (sublimes) | 0.66460 × 10-12 cm | | increasing with depth | 60 pm for triple bonds | 3P0 in ground state | a = 1414 pm for buckminsterfullerene | | 16 kg for a 70 kg average person | large for tar sands | IV | | recycled oceanic element | | 20.838 J K-1 mol-1 for gas at constant pressure 0.1 MPa at 298.15 K | 185 pm | 3.42 cm3 for diamond | pure forms occur as graphite, diamond and buckminsterfullerene C60 | 5100 K (sublimes) | carbon black is a nuissance but not dangerous, although soot may harbour carcinogenic materials | DNA constituent, organic molecules required for life | 260 pm for C4- | 1 × 1014 Ω m for buckminsterfullerene at 293 K | 12.011 in units of 12C = 12.000 | graphite | 121.9 kJ mol-1 from C to C- | 7440-44-0 for Chemical Abstracts System database | 1650 kg m-3 for buckminsterfullerene at 293 K | 77 pm | 6 | -6.2 × 10-9 kg-1 m3 for diamond | | 8 including nuclear isomers | non-toxic, but some compounds can be very toxic such as CO or CN- | 28 p.p.m. in deep Pacific seawater | 723.642 nm for C II (strong) | almost everything | carbon 12 | C | coke in steel, carbon black in printing, as a filler, activated charcoal for water treatement and respirators | f.c.c. for buckminsterfullerene | 8.6 × | [He]2s22p2 in ground state | 6 | 0.625 cm2 g-1 for MoKα X-ray diffraction | 670000 p.p.m. in muscle | 2.55 Pauling |
silicon | sil-i-kon | | 0.171 barns | 39.7 GPa | 24 to 34 | 383.3 kJ mol-1 | J.J. Berzelius | 148 W m-1 K-1 at 300 K | 1824 | in silicate materials such as igneous rocks | silicis = flint from Latin | 4.2 × 10-6 K-1 | 39.6 kJ mol-1 | available as powder, pieces or lumps. Safe. | talc in Austria, Italy, India, South Africa, Australia, mica in Canada, USA, India, Brazil | 18 - 1200 mg | non-toxic | 30000 years | silicates | 1683 K | 0.41543 × 10-12 cm | | increasing with depth | 117 pm | 3P0 in ground state | a = pm | 0.42 GPa | 1 g for a 70 kg average person | unlimited × 10 tonnes | IV | 113 GPa | recycled oceanic element | HF acid or hot alkali solutions by dissolving | 22.251 J K-1 mol-1 for gas at constant pressure 0.1 MPa at 298.15 K | 200 pm | 12.06 cm3 | ultrapure crystals of silicon have a blue-grey metallic sheen | 2628 K | some silicate fibres are carcinogenic such as asbestos | essential to some species and possibly to humans | 271 pm for Si4- | 0.001 Ω m at 273 K | 28.0555 in units of 12C = 12.000 | quartz, talc, mica | 133.3 kJ mol-1 from Si to Si- | 7440-21-3 for Chemical Abstracts System database | 2525 kg m-3 for liquid at 1683 K melting point | 117 pm | 14 | -1.8 × 10-9 kg-1 m3 for solid | Stockholm, Sweden | 11 including nuclear isomers | non-toxic | 4.09 p.p.m. in deep Pacific seawater | 637.136 nm for Si II | | silicon 28 | Si | semiconductors, alloys and polymers | | 3.4 × 106 tonnes year-1 for metallurgical grade | [Ne]3s23p2 in ground state | 14 | 6.44 cm2 g-1 for MoKα X-ray diffraction | 100 - 200 p.p.m. in muscle | 1.90 Pauling |