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°

Lattice Type

fcc

Grid Expansion

Appearance

Si Color
#7e838c
Bond Color
#94a3b8
Atoms: 18Bonds: 28

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