Silicon
$5.40 per 100g
Silicon uses
You can use it to make molds just heat it up to its melting point and put an object in it, wait till its cool and remove the object, and fill it with plaster congratulations you made a mold using Silicon
Purchasing
The best way to get silicon, is to order it online. You can either google it or go to Amazon.com.
FACTS
The symbol for silicon is Si. Its atomic number is 14. The atomic mass is 28. number of protons, neutrons, and electrons is 14.
Its Nonmetal
discovered by Jons Jacob Berzelins in 1824
Interesting information
second most abundant element in the earths crust
never occures as a free element
eighth most abundant in the universe
when mixed with oxygen, it creates silica
Important ingredient to make steel
discovered in 1824