ENERGY ASSISTANCE FUNDS ARE STILL AVAILABLE! Funds are still available for low income Washington County residents who could use help with their electricity, natural gas, wood, propane or oil costs. Community Actionâs Energy Assistance Program operates year round, from October 1 through September 30, not just in the winter months.
- Carbon is a nonmetal, and silicon is a metalloid. - Carbon and silicon have the same common electron configuration as s 2, p 2. But in silicon, the electrons are spread into the 3rd energy level, whereas in carbon it is only to the 2nd energy level.
More reactive than carbon. Silicon compounds are generally more reactive than their carbon counterparts.61 For example, methane (CH4) is stable in air and will only react with oxygen in the presence of a spark or flame, whereas its silicon-analog silane (SiH4) reacts spontaneously in ambient air (see figure 4).