ENERGY ASSISTANCE FUNDS ARE STILL AVAILABLE! Funds are still available for low income Washington County residents who could use help with their electricity, natural gas, wood, propane or oil costs. Community Actionâs Energy Assistance Program operates year round, from October 1 through September 30, not just in the winter months.
- Carbon is a nonmetal, and silicon is a metalloid. - Carbon and silicon have the same common electron configuration as s 2, p 2. But in silicon, the electrons are spread into the 3rd energy level, whereas in carbon it is only to the 2nd energy level.
The fact that carbon dioxide is a gas means that it must consist of simple molecules. Carbon can form simple molecules with oxygen because it can form double bonds with the oxygen. None of the other elements in Group 4 form double bonds with oxygen, and so that forces completely different structures on them.here is an enormous difference between the physical properties of carbon dioxide and silicon dioxide (also known as silicon(IV) oxide or silica). Carbon dioxide is a gas whereas silicon dioxide is a hard high-melting solid.