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.
Summary. Next to oxygen, silicon is the most abundant element on Earth. With four electrons in its outer shell, it readily combines with oxygen to form silicon dioxide. This compound, also known as silica, is the most common substance found in the Earth's crust and is the main ingredient in sand.Silicon is a metalloid, which means it and other metalloid elements have properties that are in between metals and non-metals, depending on what they combine with.ilicon can have properties like a metal or a non-metal depending on what other elements it combines with. Glass is a very common silicon compound that has non-metal qualities, while the silicon used in electronics can be made to act very much like a metal.