Carbon is a nonmetal, while silicon is a metalloid, so no.
Nitrogen is very similar in chemical properties to Carbon.
The element with chemical properties most like silicon is germanium. As an example, both are used in semiconductors.
Silicon -- it also forms 4 bonds. Usually elements in the same group or vertical column in the periodic table all have similar chemical bonding properties.See the Related Questions to the left for more information.
Silicon, carbon's only neighbor within its periodic table column 14.
Silicon Directly below it on the periodic table
No silicon is an element in the same group as carbon, it has similar chemical properties but it is not carbon.
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Nitrogen is very similar in chemical properties to Carbon.
The element with chemical properties most like silicon is germanium. As an example, both are used in semiconductors.
Silicon, which is just below carbon, and Germanium are the two elements that are most like carbon.
Silicon -- it also forms 4 bonds. Usually elements in the same group or vertical column in the periodic table all have similar chemical bonding properties.See the Related Questions to the left for more information.
Silicon, carbon's only neighbor within its periodic table column 14.
Silicon Directly below it on the periodic table
Elements in Group 14 on the Periodic Table have similar properties to carbon. These elements are carbon (C), silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), tin (Sn), lead (Pb), and flerovium (Fl). Each of these elements has two electrons in the outermost p orbital, the electron configuration ns2np2, and they tend to adopt oxidation sates of +4 (+2 for the heavier elements due to the inert pair effect). Silicon is most similar to carbon.
It is a shiny, hard, grayish-white metalloid in the carbon group, chemically similar to tin and silicon.
I'm no expert, but both germanium and silicon are located in the same group on the periodic table. Elements in the same group are chemically similar because they contain the same number of valence electrons.