Silicon

Si

Description

Silicon crystallizes in a diamond cubic crystal structure, which consists of two interpenetrating face-centered cubic primitive lattices.

Properties

Semiconductor, brittle, crystalline.

Applications

Integrated circuits, solar cells.

Unit Cell Axes

a=5.43 b=5.43 c=5.43

Unit Cell Angles

α=90° β=90° γ=90°

Grid Expansion

Appearance

Atom Color
#4f46e5
Bond Color
#94a3b8
Atoms: 8Bonds: 12
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Silicon (Si) Crystal Structure and Lattice Parameters | SolidState3D