Silicon—made from beach sand—is the key material for today's information technology industry because it is an abundant and versatile semiconductor.

Current technology for producing silicon-based materials uses a very old metallurgical process that requires heating minerals like quartz sand (silica, SiO2) in a furnace at extremely high ...

One such material is silica, or silicon dioxide, which is the most common component of sand. Silica is also found naturally in some foods, and it is added to many food products and supplements.

Silicon is the backbone of the semiconductor industry, but it's also interesting in its own right. Here's why it's so important in modern computing—and in many other applications.

Nanoparticles (NPs) are materials whose dimensions range from 1 to 1,000 nanometers (nm). Due to their nano-scale dimensions ...

The silica sand for glass making industry share is expected to record a CAGR of 4.3% between 2025 and 2035. The market is ...

You can craft silicone blocks in a chemical refinery using 50 water and five flour sand. You'll unlock the small chemical refinery early on, requiring 45 copper to be built using the construction ...

According to data from the Silicon Industry Branch, the price of inner-layer high-purity quartz sand, used in the inner layer of the quartz crucible, has rapidly fallen from CNY415,000/ton (US ...