Silicon is a member of Group 14 (IVA) in the periodic table. The periodic table is a chart that shows how chemical elements are related to one another. Silicon is also part of the the carbon family. Other carbon family elements include carbon, germanium, tin, and lead. Silicon is a metalloid, one of only a very few elements that have characteristics of both metals and non-metals. Silicon is the second most abundant element in the Earth's crust, exceeded only by oxygen. Many rocks and minerals contain silicon.
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Inscribed And Circumscribed A circumscribed circle or circumcircle passes through all vertices of a plane figure and contains the entire figure in its interior. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter. An inscribed circle is the largest possible circle that can be drawn on the inside of a plane figure. For a polygon, each side of the polygon must be tangent to the circle. All triangles and regular polygons have circumscribed and inscribed circles. Most other polygons do not.