The element silicon is to be found in 'sand' which is made from quartz which is silicon dioxide.
Silicon's modern sources mean that where it is found in nature.
Lettuce is one of the best vegetable sources of silicon and iron, it also contains copper.
Silicon hexabromide
Silicon and oxygen, in this form. SiO2 Silicon dioxide.
silicon and germanium
no it is not a nonmetal. Silicon is a metalloid
Apart from Silicon, the following elements are considered as semi-metal(metalloids) :-BoronGermaniumArsenicAntimonyTelluriumPoloniumHowever, not all sources consider Polonium to be metalloid whereas some allotropes of elements like phosphorous, selenium etc. also show metalloidic behavior.
It's called a silicate mineral. The exact definition in my science book says: a mineral that contains a combination of silicon, oxygen, and one or more metals. *Yeah in English class we were taught that if we copied any phrase out of a published book to cite sources *Citing Sources: Holt Science & Technology Inside the Restless Earth Book F enjoy :) -Alyssa
silicon is an element and is only composed of silicon
Silicon dice is the plural of silicon die
Silicon (and oxygen).
Silicon carbide consists of silicon and carbon, quartz consists of silicon and oxygen.