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04/23/2008 3:06 PM

i live in jamaica and i would like to make silicon.how do i go about doing this.

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04/23/2008 3:16 PM
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04/24/2008 3:21 AM

http://www.webelements.com/webelements/elements/text/Si/key.html indicates how silicon is extracted commercially. It can be bought-in, so usually there is no need to make it in the laboratory.

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