Description & History
sil·i·con (1817):
a tetravalent nonmetallic element that occurs combined as the most abundant element next to oxygen in the earth's crust and is used especially in alloys and electronic devices
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Element
| Symbol | Si |
| Z | 14 |
| Atomic Weight | 28.0860004 |
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| Density | 2.32999992 |
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Edge Energies
(keV)
| K | 1.83899999 |
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| L1 | 0.118000001 |
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| L2 | 0.0997999981 |
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| L3 | 0.0992000028 |
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| M | 0. |
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| K-alpha | 1.74000001 |
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| K-beta | 1.83200002 |
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| L-alpha | 0. |
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| L-beta | 0. |
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Edge jumps
| K | 10.426959 |
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| L1 | 1.12803292 |
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| L2 | 2.10063171 |
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| L3 | 0. |
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Fluorescence
yield
| K | 0.0500000007 |
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| L1 | 2.99999992E-05 |
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| L2 | 0. |
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| L3 | 1.74000001 |
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