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what is silicon atom?

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Silicon is a tetravalent metalloid element which has a symbol "Si" and atomic no. 14. because it has 14 electrons in each of the atoms.
A silicon atom is the smallest unit of silicon element which represents the element as ₁₄Si.
The electronic configuration is, ₁₄Si : 1s²2s²2p⁶3s² 3p²

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