โ–ธโ–ธ
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Silicon
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ะšั€ะตะผะฝั–ะน
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ ็Ÿฝ
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Silicium
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Silicium
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Silicium
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ืฆื•ืจืŸ
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Silicio
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต ใ‚ฑใ‚ค็ด 
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Silício
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Silicio
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Kisel
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ ะšั€ะตะผะฝะธะน

Silicon - 14Si: biological information

Silicon is probably essential in higher plants and perhaps to mammals. Diatoms, some protozoa, some sponges, and some plants use silicon dioxide (SiO2) as a structural material. Silicon is known to be required by chicks and rats for growth and skeletal development. Silicon is not particularly toxic but finely divided silicates or silica cause major damage to lungs.

Levels in humans

The abundances of the elements in humans.

How much silicon is in your body? Find out here.

You can use this form to calculate how much silicon your body contains. Enter your weight in either kilograms or pounds and click the "Calculate" button. You must enter a number, not text! Elements for which there are no data will always give a value of zero for the weight, no matter what you put in the weight box.

Calculate how much silicon is in your body
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Image showing periodicity of the logarithm of the abundance of the chemical elements as a heat map on a periodic table grid.
Image showing periodicity of the logarithm of the abundance of the chemical elements as a heat map on a periodic table grid.
Image showing periodicity of the logarithm of the abundance of the chemical elements as a cityscape on a periodic table grid.
Image showing periodicity of the logarithm of the abundance of the chemical elements as a cityscape on a periodic table grid.

Hazards and Risks

Hazards and risks associated with silicon:

Silicon is not particularly toxic but finely divided silicates or silica cause major damage to lungs. Long term exposure to silicates such asbestos is a severe health problem.

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