Silicon

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Silicon is a chemical element that ranks second in abundance on Earth, found primarily in sand, rocks, and soil as silicon dioxide (also known as quartz). It's a metalloid—a substance with properties between metals and non-metals—that appears as a shiny, gray solid in its pure form.

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