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Carbon Based Organisms


name         Lance
status       other
age          15
Question -   I have heard that there are possible
candidates for non-carbon based life other than silicon. What are some of
those possible elements?

Usually silicon because it has a valence of 4 like carbon...things based on
silicon will be brittle most likely.
Peter Faletra
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