Silicon

Application for Base of All Alien Life Silicon 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p2 Atomic Number: 14 Atomic Mass: 28

Let me tell you a little bit about myself. Periodically, I like to bond with my elemental buddies around the Table. I am extremely popular among my peers. In fact, I get along with 64 out of the 96 stable elements. Though I was discovered by Jons Berzelius in 1823, I have been on this planet for billions of years and I am the second most abundant element in the earth's crust, after oxygen. I was first used in transistors in 1954 at Texas Instruments. Today, I hang out with the all of the big name technology manufacturers. You can find me under the most famous feet on the most exclusive beaches worldwide. My ideal position would be to be the base of life on other planets. Here on earth, all life is carbon based. This is unfair because we are chemically similar and we both have four valence electrons.

I am known for my absolute rule in the high tech industry, as well as my prevalence in all beaches in the world. I am also an important component in breast implants. Its no wonder why I have so many friends. Humans love be because I make modern life possible, by providing advancements in technology, relaxation, and fun.

I am able to make bonds because have four empty valence spots. I am good at semiconducting. I can act like a conductor and an insulator. I can even expand when I freeze. I am so much better than carbon

References: Some of my best friends are hydrogen, carbon, halogens, nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur. We hang out in really important compounds. Oxygen and I go way back. Quartz is my most popular mineral form and silicone is my most well known polymer. Oxygen is like my wing man. On all of the beaches and in all of those fake boobies oxygen is there for me. I am sure that when you hire me for my new job oxygen will want to come with me. Many organic compounds include oxygen, so when I replace carbon as the base of all life, I will still keep my strong relationship with my pal O.

Citations: http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/company/history/timeline/semicon/1950/docs/54commercial.htm http://www.lenntech.com/periodic/elements/si.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon