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. 2021 May 7;7(6):944–953. doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c00182

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Diagram of the typical bond lengths and bond energies of carbon and silicon.11 Silicon (covalent radius = 1.17 Å) can coordinate up to six atoms, while carbon (covalent radius = 0.77 Å) is maximally tetravalent.