Experiments with silicon or its compounds

	element	required compound	link to experiment
*	Si	SiO2 Mg HCl (dilute)	Formation of a self-igniting gas from fine sand powder and magnesium . Magnesium metal and finely powdered sand are reacted to form magnesium silicide, which in contact with dilute acids produces self-igniting silane gas. This is a spectacular, but somewhat dangerous experiment.

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