Properties of Silicon

   

Periodic Table

   
 
  Silicon  
Atomic # 14 28.1 Weight
 

Si

1410 Melting Pt, °C 1 atm
  2355 Boiling Pt, °C 1 atm
Electro- negativity 1.9 1.5 2.3 Density, g/cm3
1st Ionizn Potential  

8.15

0.4

1.49

  Th Cond, W, 25°C

      Atomic/ Ionic Rad      

 

 
  Pictures of a crystal model  
   

Estimates

   
  Model: Real:  
 

Distance

 
  001 spacing (sp) = 1 Lattice constant of 0.5431 nm  
 

Time

 
   
 

Mass

 
  mass = 1 4.7 10(-26) kg/atom  
 

Force & Energy

 
   
 

Heat Capacity

 
   
 

Speed of Sound

 
  Estimated sound speed of 0.012 sp/iter, or 6.6 pm/iter Sound speed of 940 or 8000 m/s implies 0.8 - 7.0 fs/iteration  
 

Elastic Moduli

 
  very rough estimate: Strain 1.25, Shear 0.57, ratio 2.2.  Units of ma/(sp it2) gives strain 2200 GPa, shear 1000 GPa (7.0 fs/iter). Strain modulus of 155.8 GPa, Shear Modulus of 64.1 GPa, ratio of 2.4.  
   

Physical Properties

   
 

¡¡¡ These values must be double checked !!!

Atomic Weight 28.0855
Isotopes 28 -92.23%
29 -4.67%
30 -3.10%
Atomic Number 14
Atomic Radius (covalent bond) 177 pm
Ionic Radius 40 pm
Density (solid) 2.33 g/cm**3
Density (liquid) 2.53 g/cm**3
Atomic density 5.00E+22 atoms/cm**3
Atoms per unit cell 8
crystal structure: diamond
surface density
-100 6.78E+14 /cm**2
-110 9.59E+14 /cm**2
-111 7.83E+14 /cm**2
Lattice Constant 5.431 angstrom
Bond Length 2.36 angstrom
Thermal Cond (solid) 1.412 W/cm-K
Thermal Cond (liquid) 4.3 W/cm-K
Specific Heat 0.7 J/g-K
Thermal Diffusivity 0.9 cm**2/s
Melting Point 1683 K
Boiling Point 2628 K
Critical Temperature 5159 K
Density (solid) 2.33 g/cm**3
Density (liquid) 2.53 g/cm**3
Vapor pressure
at 1050C 1e-7 Torr
at 1250C 1e-5 Torr
Molar heat capacity 20 J/mol-K
Coefficient of Thermal
Linear Expansion 2.60E-06 /K
C11 = 165.7 GPa
C12 = 63.9 GPa
C44 = 79.6 GPa
Young's Modulus (E) = 155.8 GPa
Poisson's Ratio 0.2152
Shear Modulus 64.1 GPa
Speed of Sound 940 m/s

Calculated ( sqrt(E/p) )

8177 m/s
Molar heat capacity 20 J/mol-K
Average energy loss
per phonon scattering 0.063 eV
Optical phonon
free path
electrons 6.2 nm
holes 4.5 nm
Many values taken from Tom Knight's page

 

 
   
 

2-D Triangular Lattice