Silicone chinhu chemakemikari chine chiratidzo cheSi uye nhamba yeatomu 14. Iyo yakaoma uye yakaputsika crystalline solid ine bhuruu-grey metallic luster; uye ndeye tetravalent metalloid uye semiconductor. Iyo inhengo yeboka 14 mune periodic tafura: kabhoni iri pamusoro payo; uye germanium, tini, uye lead iri pasi payo. Haisi inoshanda. Nekuda kwehukama hwayo hwepamusoro hwekemikari kune oxygen, yakanga isati yasvika 1823 kuti Jöns Jakob Berzelius akatanga kukwanisa kuigadzira uye kuitsanangura iri muchimiro chakachena.
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