silicon

• Formula: Si
• Molecular weight: 28.0855
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/Si Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: XUIMIQQOPSSXEZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 7440-21-3
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  • Ion clustering data
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Gas Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

C_p° = A + B*t + C*t² + D*t³ + E/t²
H° − H°_298.15= A*t + B*t²/2 + C*t³/3 + D*t⁴/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t²/2 + D*t³/3 − E/(2*t²) + G
    C_p = heat capacity (J/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kJ/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (J/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Liquid Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

C_p° = A + B*t + C*t² + D*t³ + E/t²
H° − H°_298.15= A*t + B*t²/2 + C*t³/3 + D*t⁴/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t²/2 + D*t³/3 − E/(2*t²) + G
    C_p = heat capacity (J/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kJ/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (J/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Solid Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

C_p° = A + B*t + C*t² + D*t³ + E/t²
H° − H°_298.15= A*t + B*t²/2 + C*t³/3 + D*t⁴/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t²/2 + D*t³/3 − E/(2*t²) + G
    C_p = heat capacity (J/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kJ/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (J/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Phase change data

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Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (bar)
    T = temperature (K)

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

(Si₄^- • 4294967295) +  = Si₄^-

By formula: (Si₄^- • 4294967295Si) + Si = Si₄^-

(CAS Reg. No. 11080-58-3 • 4294967295) +  = CAS Reg. No. 11080-58-3

By formula: (CAS Reg. No. 11080-58-3 • 4294967295Si) + Si = CAS Reg. No. 11080-58-3

(CAS Reg. No. 106389-62-2 • 4294967295) +  = CAS Reg. No. 106389-62-2

By formula: (CAS Reg. No. 106389-62-2 • 4294967295Si) + Si = CAS Reg. No. 106389-62-2

(Si₃^- • 4294967295) +  = Si₃^-

By formula: (Si₃^- • 4294967295Si) + Si = Si₃^-

(CAS Reg. No. 64236-73-3 • 4294967295) +  = CAS Reg. No. 64236-73-3

By formula: (CAS Reg. No. 64236-73-3 • 4294967295Si) + Si = CAS Reg. No. 64236-73-3

(HSi^- • 4294967295) +  = HSi^-

By formula: (HSi^- • 4294967295Si) + Si = HSi^-

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
B - John E. Bartmess

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Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

Ion clustering data

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Clustering reactions

(HSi^- • 4294967295) +  = HSi^-

By formula: (HSi^- • 4294967295Si) + Si = HSi^-

(Si₃^- • 4294967295) +  = Si₃^-

By formula: (Si₃^- • 4294967295Si) + Si = Si₃^-

(Si₄^- • 4294967295) +  = Si₄^-

By formula: (Si₄^- • 4294967295Si) + Si = Si₄^-

References

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Cox, Wagman, et al., 1984
Cox, J.D.; Wagman, D.D.; Medvedev, V.A., CODATA Key Values for Thermodynamics, Hemisphere Publishing Corp., New York, 1984, 1. [all data]

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Stull, 1947
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Nakajima, A.; Taguwa, T.; Nakao, K.; Gomei, M.; Kishi, R.; Iwata, S.; Kaya, K., Photoelectron Spectroscopy of silicon-carbon cluster Anions (SinCm-), J. Chem. Phys., 1995, 103, 6, 2050, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.469731 . [all data]

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Kawamata, H.; Neigishi, Y.; Kishi, R.; Iwata, S.; Nakajima, A.; Kaya, K., Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Silicon-Fluorine Binary Cluster Anions (SinFm-), J. Chem. Phys., 1996, 105, 13, 5369, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.472377 . [all data]

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Xu, C.S.; Taylor, T.R.; Burton, G.R.; Neumark, D.M., Vibrationally reserved photoelectron spectroscopy of silicon cluster anions Si-n(-) (n=3-7), J. Chem. Phys., 1998, 108, 4, 1395-1406, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.475511 . [all data]

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Arnold, C.C.; Neumark, D.M., Threshold Photodetachment Zero-Electron Kinetic Energy Spectroscopy of Si-3(-), J. Chem. Phys., 1994, 100, 3, 1797, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.466532 . [all data]

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Nimlos, M.R.; Harding, L.B.; Ellison, G.B., The Electronic States of Si₂ and Si₂^- as Revealed by Photoelectron Spectroscopy, J. Chem. Phys., 1987, 87, 9, 5116, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.453679 . [all data]

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Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

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Blondel, C.; Chaibi, W.; Delsart, C.; Drag, C.; Goldfarb, F.; Kroger, S., The electron affinities of O, Si, and S revisited with the photodetachment microscope, Eur. Phys. J. D, 2005, 33, 3, 335-342, https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2005-00069-9 . [all data]

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  EA	Electron affinity
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  S°gas,1 bar	Entropy of gas at standard conditions (1 bar)
  S°liquid,1 bar	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions (1 bar)
  S°solid	Entropy of solid at standard conditions
  S°solid,1 bar	Entropy of solid at standard conditions (1 bar)
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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