Conductor sodium silicates

Silicon is a nonmetallic chemical element that is used quite extensively in the manufacturing of transistors and various electronic and computer chips. Pure silicon is not found in nature it is found in the form of silicon dioxide in sands and rocks or found combined with other elements such as aluminum or calcium or sodium or magnesium in the form that is commonly referred to as silicates. Silicon, because of its atomic structure, is an excellent semiconductor, a material whose electrical conductivity properties can be chai d to act either as a conductor of electricity or as an insulator (preventor of electricity flow). Silicon is also used as an alloying element with other elements such as iron and copper to give steel and brass cert desired characteristics. 

The ionic conductivity in sodium rare earth silicates with the formula NaRSi40i2 is high due to the channels in the structure where the sodium ions can move. The conductivity values of these compounds are of the same order of magnitude as that of (2 X 10 ficm at 300°C), which is known to be a good conductor... 

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