Silicon

(noun.) a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors.

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• His notes include the use of powdered silicon mixed with lime or other very infusible non-conductors or semi-conductors. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• We tried silicon and boron, and a lot of things that I have forgotten now. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• In these were found large quantities of iron, considerable percentages of nickel, as well as cobalt, copper, silicon, phosphorus, c arbon, magnesium, zinc, and manganese. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• This stirring admitted air to the mass and the oxygen consumed and expelled the carbon, silicon, and other impurities. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He also placed some of these refractory metals directly in the circuit, bringing them to incandescence, and used silicon in powdered form in glass tubes placed in the electric circuit. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• To bring it into wrought iron, which is malleable and ductile, it is puddled and refined, which involves chiefly the burning out of the carbon and silicon. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The effect of this was to burn out the impurities, silicon, carbon, sulphur, and phosphorus, leaving the mass a pure soft iron. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• In addition Davy anticipated the isolation of silicon, aluminium, and zirconium. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• A great variety of methods for coating incandescent lamp filaments with silicon, titanium, chromium, osmium, boron, etc. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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