5 Most Abundant Elements in Earth's Crust Think of Earth's crust as the planet's outermost skin: a thin layer packed with common elements to form the foundation of silicate minerals and rocks. The ...

Abundance (atom fraction) of the chemical elements in Earth’s upper continental crust as a function of atomic number. The rarest elements in the crust (shown in yellow) are not the heaviest, but are ...

Silicon is the second most-abundant element in the earth's crust. When purified, it takes on a diamond structure, which is essential to modern electronic devices -- carbon is to biology as silicon ...

A novel system has been created that allows the storage energy in molten silicon which is the most abundant element in Earth's crust. The system has patent pending status in the United States, and ...