Mu nganda, siliconi y'icyuma ikunze gukorwa no kugabanya silika irimo karuboni mu itanura ry'amashanyarazi.
Ingano y'ibisubizo bya shimi: SiO2 + 2C→Si + 2CO
Ubuziranenge bwa silikoni buboneka muri ubu buryo ni 97 ~ 98%, ari byo byitwa silikoni y'icyuma. Hanyuma irashongeshwa ikongera gushyirwamo, hanyuma imyanda ikurwaho aside kugira ngo silikoni y'icyuma ibe ifite ubuziranenge bwa 99.7 ~ 99.8%.
Ibigize silicon y'icyuma ahanini ni silicon, bityo ikaba ifite imiterere isa na silicon.
Silicon ifite allotropes ebyiri:silikoni idafite ishusho na silikoni idafite ishusho.
Silikoni itagira imiterere niifu y'umukara n'imvimu by'ukuri ni microcrystal.
Silikoni ya kristu ifiteimiterere ya kristunaImiterere ya semiconductor ya diyama,ubushyuhe bukabije ni 1410°C, aho ubushyuhe bushyuha ni 2355°C, ubukomere bwa Moh ni 7, kandi iracikagurika. Silikoni idafite ireme ikora mu buryo bwa shimi kandi ishoboragushya cyane mu mwuka wa ogisijeni. Ikorana n'ibintu bitari ibyuma nka halogen, azote na karubone ku bushyuhe bwinshi, kandi ishobora no gukorana n'ibyuma nka manyeziyumu, kalisiyumu na icyuma kugira ngo ikore silicides. Silikoni idafite imvange hafi ya yose muri aside zitari organic na organic harimo na aside hydrofluoric, ariko irashonga muri aside zivanze za aside nitrike na aside hydrofluoric. Umuti wa sodium hydroxide ugizwe n'ibice byinshi ushobora gushonga silicon idahinduka hanyuma ukarekura hydrogen. Silikoni y'icyunyu ntikora cyane, ntihuzwa na ogisijeni ndetse no mu bushyuhe bwinshi, ntishobora gushonga muri aside idahinduka na aside organic, ariko irashonga muri aside zivanze za aside nitrike na aside hydrofluoric hamwe na solution ya sodium hydroxide.
Silikoni nyinshi ikoreshwa mu gushongesha muri ferrosilicon alloy nk'ikintu gishongesha mu nganda z'icyuma n'ibyuma, ndetse no kugabanya ubwinshi bw'ibyuma. Silikoni kandi ni igice cyiza mu byuma bishongesha aluminium, kandi alloys nyinshi za aluminium zikozwe mu cyuma zirimo silicon.