Can anybody tell me the example usage of silicon in our life?

Question

wire? any metal? key chain? anything

isnt a wire is a silicon?

i just want an example

Answer 1

Silicon is not a wire. It is used in some wiring in making computers. "Silicon Valley" in California is where tthe computer industry started.
It is a good lubricant for keys in key holes and other sliding things.
It is a nonmetal, or perhaps considered a metalloid.

Answer 2

Microchips. Wire is usually metal.

Answer 3

All electronics use silicon.. Silicon is what transistors are made of.

Answer 4

Applications

As the second most common element on earth, silicon is a very useful element that is vital to many human industries, and impacts much of modern life as a principal component in glass, concrete and cements of many kinds. Outside of the many modern world features its construction uses enable, perhaps silicon's most lifestyle affecting application is its use as the fundamental substrate in manufacturing electronics integrated circuits such as computer chips, and discrete active devices such as power transistors. Further, the element and its compounds find widespread use in explosives and pyrotechnics [1] and further uses in mechanical seals, high temperature silicon based greases, caulking compounds and so forth.

[edit] Alloys

* The largest application of pure silicon (metallurgical grade silicon) is in aluminium-silicon alloys, often called "light alloys", to produce cast parts, mainly for automotive industry. (This represents about 55% of the world consumption of pure silicon.)
* The second largest application of pure silicon is as a raw material in the production of silicones (about 40% of the world consumption of silicon)
* Pure silicon is also used to produce ultra-pure silicon for electronic and photovoltaic applications:
o Semiconductor: Ultrapure silicon can be doped with other elements to adjust its electrical response by controlling the number and charge (positive or negative) of current carriers. Such control is necessary for transistors, solar cells, microprocessors, semiconductor detectors and other semiconductor devices which are used in electronics and other high-tech applications.
o Photonics: Silicon can be used as a continuous wave Raman laser to produce coherent light. (Though it is ineffective as a light source.)
o LCDs and solar cells: Hydrogenated amorphous silicon is widely used in the production of low-cost, large-area electronics in applications such as LCDs. It has also shown promise for large-area, low-cost thin-film solar cells.
* Steel and cast iron: Silicon is an important constituent of some steels, and it is used in the production process of cast iron. It is introduced as ferrosilicon or silicocalcium alloys.

[edit] Compounds

* Construction: Silicon dioxide or silica in the form of sand and clay is an important ingredient of concrete and brick and is also used to produce Portland cement.
* Pottery/Enamel is a refractory material used in high-temperature material production and its silicates are used in making enamels and pottery.
* Glass: Silica from sand is a principal component of glass. Glass can be made into a great variety of shapes and with a many different physical properties. Silica is used as a base material to make window glass, containers, insulators, and many other useful objects.
* Abrasives: Silicon carbide is one of the most important abrasives.
* Medical materials: Silicones are flexible compounds containing silicon-oxygen and silicon-carbon bonds; they are widely used in applications such as artificial breast implants and contact lenses. Silicones are also used in many other applications.
* Silly Putty was originally made by adding boric acid to silicone oil. Now name-brand Silly Putty also contains significant amounts of elemental silicon. (Silicon binds to the silicone and allows the material to bounce 20% higher.)

Answer 5

use silicon gel to enlarge ur gf's front bumper, or rear bumper or (butt)

Answer 6

-Microchips
-Solar power cells

Answer 7

brest implants