Diamond Tetrahedral Lattice of Carbon
Graphite Sheets or Layers of Rings of Carbon
DiamondGraphite
C 60 Buckminsterfullerene
Metallic Bonding (Bonding in Metals) We often refer to this as a “sea of electrons” as it helps explain the properties of metals such as conductivity and malleability.
What about Silicon? Metal or Non-Metal?
What about Silicon? Metal or Non-Metal? Tetrahedral arrangement of Si atoms; very strong; conductor when doped, what we know as a semi-conductor.
Silicon
What about Silicon Dioxide? Quartz (crystalline SiO 2 ) Sand (crushed crystalline SiO 2 )
Structure and Bonding in Silicon Dioxide
SiO 2 Amorphous and Everywhere
Silicon Dioxide: Not Just Glass and Sand