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Preferred term

silicon

Definition

  • [GEMET] A brittle metalloid element that exists in two allotropic forms; occurs principally in sand, quartz, granite, feldspar, and clay. It is usually a grey crystalline solid but is also found as a brown amorphous powder. It is used in transistors, rectifiers, solar cells, and alloys. Its compounds are widely used in glass manufacture, the building industry, and in the form of silicones.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Si

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

Arabic

  • السيليكون

Bulgarian

  • Силиций

Croatian

  • silicij

Czech

  • křemík

Danish

  • silicium

Dutch

  • silicium

Estonian

  • räni

Finnish

  • silikoni

French

  • silicium

German

  • Silizium

Greek

  • πυρίτιο

Hungarian

  • szilikon

Italian

  • silicio

Latvian

  • silīcijs

Lithuanian

  • silicis

Norwegian

  • silisium

Polish

  • krzem

Portuguese

  • silicone

Romanian

  • siliciu

Slovak

  • kremík

Slovenian

  • silicij

Spanish

  • silicio

Swedish

  • kisel

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20865

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