Seelicon, atetravalentmetalloid, is achemical element wi the seembolSi anatomic nummer 14. It is less reactive nor itschemical analogcaurbon, thenonmetal directly abuin it in theperiodic table, but mair reactive norgermanium, the metalloid directly ablo it in the table. Controversy aboot seelicon's chairacter dates tae its discovery; it wis first prepared an characterized in pure furm in 1823. In 1808, it wis gien the name silicium (fraeLaitin:silex, haird stane orflint), wi an-ium wird-endin tae suggest a metal, a name which the element retains in several non-Inglis leids. Houiver, its final Inglis name, first suggestit in 1817, reflects the mair pheesically seemilar elementscarbon anboron.
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