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Si
Silicon
- Z
- 14
- Mass
- 28.085
- Lifeforce
- Earth
- In the body
- bones, liver
Sand, glass, silicon chip — the same atom, three civilizations. And beneath it all: the bedrock of the Earth, second most abundant element in the crust. You are standing on it right now.
Forged in oxygen-burning massive stars. Together with oxygen, forms the silicate rock of every terrestrial planet.
Lab note · Forms, with oxygen, the silicate rock of every terrestrial planet; in the body a trace remains — ≈1 g in connective tissue.