Help with silicon element?

Question

I'm doing a project but I can't find some things about silicon. I need to know the texture, malleability and ductility of just pure silicon. Please don't start copy and pasting other stuff like hardness and symbol name, I've already got those.

Thanks

Answer 1

Silicon is not found in nature, but man-made specimens are usually listed as a crystalline substance. It has a metallic luster and gray color with a bluish tinge.

Silicon is a metalloid (or semi-metallic), not a metal, so the malleability and ductility of pure silicon are extremely low. Most sources would list Silican as non-malleable and non-ductile at usual temperatures and pressures.

Answer 2

Silicon is not at all ductile or malleable. It's extremely hard and brittle, and has no ductility whatsoever.

The texture...well, it just depends on what form you are talking. Amorphous silicon is a powder, but most Silicon that's of economic importance is single crystal. Most semiconductor fab places make crystals that are 200 millimeter diameter, meters long crystals.

Single crystal Si is grey, and looks kind of like graphite, though it is much more reflective.

If you want property data see my link, and type in silicon for a search.