Silicon also shows catenation ...but only till 8 atoms.
No. Silicon is brittle. (Wikipedia)
Silicon reacts with fluorine
Quartz is silicon dioxide (SiO2); quartz is not a property.
It strictly means the temperature coeffecient of a particular property of silicon: as the temperature rises, the value of this property falls. Such as electrical resistance.
Color is usually considered to be a physical property.
it is acidic!
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Sand is a natural product (frequently silicon dioxide or calcium carbonate) not a material property.
Additions of silicon make *Aluminium and Tin/Copper (bronze) alloys stronger, stiffer, more resistant to wear.
A: Because the element has different property as gallium arsenide.
It is a hard crystalline compound of silicon and oxygen.
It could be named any one of monosilicon tetrafluoride, silicon tetrafluoride, or tetrafluorosilane.