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Explore whether silicon could be as important to life as carbon. [6:32]
University of Nottingham
Periodic Table of Videos: The $8,539 Book and Silicon 29
Why would a text on silicon-29 cost over $8,000? Debbie Kays, a lecturer in inorganic chemistry at the University of Nottingham, tackles this question, first explaining why silicon-29 is so important and then offering reasons why the...
University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham: Periodic Table of Videos: Silicon
A look at silicon and its properties that allow it to be used in electronic components, sand, processing chips in computers, and car accelerators. [3:37]
Crash Course
Crash Course Chemistry #35: Silicon the Internet's Favorite Element
Learn about Silicon Valley's namesake and how network solids are at the heart of it all. Also find out about solid-state semiconductors, N-Type and P-Type semiconductors, diodes, transistors, computer chips, and binary code, all in the...