Silicon, like its congener, carbon, is fairly inert. Like carbon, silicon will burn vigorously in oxygen if ignited to produce silica: Si(s) + O 2 (g) = SiO 2 (s). Burning silicon releases about 860 kJ of heat per mole, compared to 394 kJ per mole for burning carbon, so a silicon fire could potentially burn quite a bit hotter than a carbon fire.
Fasces (/ Ë f Ã¦ s iË z /, (Italian: Fasci, Latin pronunciation: [Ëfa.skeËs], a plurale tantum, from the Latin word fascis, meaning bundle) is a bound bundle of wooden rods, sometimes including an axe with its blade emerging.
Fascia is âa sheath that encloses muscles, connects muscles to bone and â¦ compartmentalizes muscles that serve a similar function, and the IT band is the largest piece of fascia in the human body,â Eng said.