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What is it about silicon that makes it a possible carbon substitute in a system?
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∙ 7y ago
Theoretically yes, but it is quite implausible. Silicon forms less stable structures than carbon and silicon compounds would be solid at standard conditions and would, therefore, be quite hard to use by organisms.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 7y agoSilicon, like carbon can form four bonds, and can also form quite strong bonds to other silicon atoms, enabling it to form chains as the backbone of larger molecules in the same way that carbon does. The drawback with silicon is that the compounds so formed are easily hydrolysed, destroying the silicon chain. This is something that doesn't happen with carbon.
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All things being equal, increasing the carbon content decreases the melting point. However, the melting point of carbon steel (steel that has a carbon content below about 2%) is dependent on its total alloy composition. Other compositional elements such as manganese, copper, chrome, silicon, etc. are always present to some degree in low carbon steel melted from recycled scrap material. For a binary carbon - iron system, the liquidus temperature begins at approximately, 2802 degrees Fahrenheit at 0% carbon and decreases to 2097° F at 4.3%.
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