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  2. Silicon - Wikipedia

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    Silicon is a chemical element; it has symbol Si and atomic number 14. It is a hard, brittle crystalline solid with a blue-grey metallic lustre, and is a tetravalent metalloid and semiconductor. It is a member of group 14 in the periodic table: carbon is above it; and germanium, tin, lead, and flerovium are below it. It is relatively unreactive.

  3. List of countries by silicon production - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries by silicon production in 2021, based on USGS figures. [1] Rank Country/region Silicon production (thousands of tons per year) ...

  4. Silicon compounds - Wikipedia

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    Naturally occurring silicon is found in silicate and aluminosilicate minerals. One of the most common silicon compounds found in the Earth's crust is silicon dioxide or silica, which often occurs as quartz. Organosilicon compounds are fairly stable due to the similarity in strength of the Si–C bond to the C–C bond.

  5. Silicon dioxide - Wikipedia

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    Silicon dioxide, also known as silica, is an oxide of silicon with the chemical formula SiO 2, commonly found in nature as quartz. [5] [6] In many parts of the world, silica is the major constituent of sand. Silica is one of the most complex and abundant families of materials, existing as a compound of several minerals and as a synthetic product.

  6. Semiconductor - Wikipedia

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    Certain pure elements are found in group 14 of the periodic table; the most commercially important of these elements are silicon and germanium. Silicon and germanium are used here effectively because they have 4 valence electrons in their outermost shell, which gives them the ability to gain or lose electrons equally at the same time.

  7. List of semiconductor materials - Wikipedia

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    A compound semiconductor is a semiconductor compound composed of chemical elements of at least two different species. These semiconductors form for example in periodic table groups 13–15 (old groups III–V), for example of elements from the Boron group (old group III, boron, aluminium, gallium, indium) and from group 15 (old group V, nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, bismuth).

  8. Where in Northern California is most at risk for tsunami ...

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    Near Silicon Valley . Western areas of Hayward, Newark and San Lorenzo are in the tsunami hazard area, as are some northern areas of Redwood City, including the Pacific Shores Center business park ...

  9. Ferrosilicon - Wikipedia

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    Ferrosilicon is used as a source of silicon to reduce metals from their oxides and to deoxidize steel and other ferrous alloys. This prevents the loss of carbon from the molten steel (so called blocking the heat); ferromanganese, spiegeleisen, calcium silicides, and many other materials are used for the same purpose. [5]