Silicon (symbol Si) is a chemical element, a metalloid with atomic number 14 on the periodic table.
Characteristics and history[]
Silicon has an atomic mass of 28.086. This element was discovered by Humans for the first time in Earth's European continent in the year 1823, in Sweden. (ST reference: Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual)
When heated, silicon can form glass. (ST reference: Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual; TOS novel: The Pandora Principle)
Silicon-based lifeforms were considered a fantasy by the Federation until first contact with the silicon-based Horta of Janus VI in 2267. (TOS episode & Star Trek 4 novelization: The Devil in the Dark)
In 2370, when Julian Bashir was attempting to locate a Horta in the mines of Davonia, his tricorder had trouble singling it out as the mines had been drilled with high-powered phasers causing the walls to turn into glass, making the silicon lifeform difficult to detect amongst all the other silicon in the area. (DS9 novel: Devil in the Sky)
See also[]
- bioactive silicon
- disilicon polymer
- polysilicate verterium
- silica
- silicate
- silicon-based liquid
- silicon-based parasite
- silicon nodule
Appendices[]
References[]
- TNG episodes: "Home Soil", "Deja Q", "Time's Arrow"
- TOS episode & Star Trek 4 novelization: The Devil in the Dark
- ST references: Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual, Spaceflight Chronology, Star Charts, The Worlds of the Federation, The Definitive Star Trek Trivia Book
- TOS novels: The Enterprise Mutiny, The Pandora Principle
- DS9 novel: Devil in the Sky
- ENT episodes: "Observer Effect", "The Disease"
- TOS episodes: "The Alternative Factor", "The Savage Curtain"
- TOS - Rihannsu novel: My Enemy, My Ally
- ST - Destiny novel: Mere Mortals
- TAS - Log Eight novella: The Eye of the Beholder
- CoE eBook: Ghost
- Decipher RPG module: Worlds
- DS9 - Requiem comic:[citation needed]
External links[]
- Silicon article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Silicon article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Silicon article at Tardis Data Core, the Doctor Who wiki