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.
Silicon is present in the sun and stars and is a principal component of a class of meteorites known as aerolites. Silicon makes up 25.7% of the earth's crust by weight, and is the second most abundant element, exceeded only by oxygen. It is found largely as silicon oxides such as sand (silica), quartz, rock crystal, amethyst, agate, flint, jasper and opal. Silicon is found also in minerals such as asbestos, feldspar, clay and mica.