Modern Chemistry, Lesson 135: Silicon, Silica, and Silicates

Duration: 30 min

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation

Description: Explains that silicon is the second most abundant element (after oxygen), but that in bulk or volume oxygen predominates because its atoms are larger than silicon atoms. Asbestos, mica, talc, and feldspars are discussed as examples of the effect of structure.

Metadata Source:Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education)