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16 жыл бұрын

Silicon is a very abundant and important element.
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@ColePaquette 11 жыл бұрын

I wish I had taken chemistry from these people. My teachers managed to turn me off from chemistry, sadly.

@DwcpfDwcpf 10 жыл бұрын

Me: Should I make a joke about Silicon? Spanish man: Si.

@imadgibbs9063 10 жыл бұрын

Any chance of an updated silicon video? This one's now 6 years old

@periodicvideos 10 жыл бұрын

Imad Gibbs we'll get there!

9 жыл бұрын

If you want to find out what science looks like to people who don't know anything about science, go to 1:50, mute the sound and just watch for 5 seconds.

@whangie1 12 жыл бұрын

I read a lot of stuff in the press about Graphene. I read a recent article in New Scientist (a UK magazine) and they were saying they have discovered a way to make one atom thick sheets of Si called Silicene which has similar applications to Graphene but is more compatible with modern Silicon based circuits and technology than Graphene and so is predicted to be more widely used.

@Emin3mFreaker 10 жыл бұрын

the younger guy sounds like he is sweet talking the silicon

@alasanof 13 жыл бұрын

I wonder if silicate aliens use carbons for computing...

@Silvertarian 9 жыл бұрын

I didn't know the turbine in turbos were silicon nitride thats cool to know.

@smooooth_ 11 жыл бұрын

that man's hair was awesome

@blindandwatching 9 жыл бұрын

Silicon forms chains like carbon, but not as well carbon.

@efrem1 14 жыл бұрын

These videos are good introductions to the elements. Makes me want to get a chunk of indium for example and study it.

@znewt99 11 жыл бұрын

Where can I get that tie and mug

@EJ3001 9 жыл бұрын

I love these videos! :D

@OOZ662 13 жыл бұрын

One of my old teachers has a wafer of Pentium 3 processors. I always loved bringing out out and showing it to the Freshmen; their eyes would get huge and they'd almost always want to take it home.

@BattousaiHBr 11 жыл бұрын

0:45 nice screensaver you got there

@gpq21 14 жыл бұрын

Hey I got a question: Could it be possible for silicon-based life to exist? I know this is a wide issue but I can't stop wondering about the possibility of life that's based on silicon...

@alasanof 13 жыл бұрын

@nonchalantgamer I'm just wondering if its possible for Carbon to be used in computing since there can be living organisms made mainly of Silicon.

@deldarel 11 жыл бұрын

what a really quite fantastic video

@annettefaulkner7235 10 жыл бұрын

that was interesting thanks!

@AaronAlso 16 жыл бұрын

It is classified as a semi-conductor that is primarily what makes it so special. And... the waste silicon from CPUs is not just tossed out much of it goes to be used in photo-voltaic cells. (solar panels)

@bennemann 15 жыл бұрын

Silicon is called "silício" in portuguese and I believe spanish also has a similar pronunciation. So it's no surprise that some people mix up the two and say silicium. It makes alot more sense than silicon anyways, as most other elements end with -ium (rubidium, einstenium, gadolinium... I could go on all day)

@CharlieBBoy12345 16 жыл бұрын

What is it about silicon that makes it useful to computing? Is it the way it can be grown on wafers as the vid showed, or are there other properties of it that make it appropriate?

@mjallan123 12 жыл бұрын

I have the same cup at 1:18!

@djscottdog1 11 жыл бұрын

with the silicone disk they dont use the chips on the out side ( only the ones from the middle) because they are more likely to have problems

@pixelatedxenon9579 3 ай бұрын

Any chance of an update?

@srgwarcock 13 жыл бұрын

Needed to do a report on silicon, Thanks Periodic your the Beez kneez

@Muscleduck 14 жыл бұрын

That wafer is awesome!

@sillypiggy2 16 жыл бұрын

sweet i love all this stuff

@GRAHAMAUS 13 жыл бұрын

Is there a silicon analogue of diamond?

@pug6666 13 жыл бұрын

@Quasi84 Yea if sand is silicon oxide then how do you tear them apart from the compound i doubt just melting would do that.

@EmeraldxFairy 15 жыл бұрын

No wonder Opals are so beautiful and reflect light magnificently. They are made of Silicon Dioxide (SiO2). :) Wonderful!

@bertomeeggo 12 жыл бұрын

going to rev my engine just for Prof. Poliakoff!

@silverchill1 13 жыл бұрын

now we know why the professor wasn't a surgeon

@CharlieBBoy12345 16 жыл бұрын

Thanks - good old wiki!

@hassoony1981 10 жыл бұрын

My fav element

@asymptotichigh5 13 жыл бұрын

@replypdf because silicon is a semi conductor, therefore allowing the photons to excite the electrons and create a current.

@nonchalantgamer 13 жыл бұрын

@alasanof It just sounded like something someone would say when they're high, lol. Yeah, it probably could. Carbon is conductive isn't it?

@macro312 13 жыл бұрын

@vlptr It is an observation. AND The professor is awesome.

@denelson83 15 жыл бұрын

So how come silicon nitride isn't used for the fuselage of an aircraft?

@macro312 13 жыл бұрын

He is got every trembl-y hands.

@replypdf 14 жыл бұрын

What about silicon in solar cells? How and why is it used? What about black silicone which supposedly should make more effective solar cells? Thanks for the good videos.

@importedtermite8 11 жыл бұрын

quantum computing, and yeah they're pretty much turning on and off electrons somehow is kinda what I was getting from what I heard. check it out it's pretty cool

@Evaldas521 14 жыл бұрын

@serialkissersband make some?

@onimotoko 14 жыл бұрын

Silicon may be the single most important element in the modern world.

@didaloca 12 жыл бұрын

What?! Where was the silicone wire on a reel?

@JasoniumGH 16 жыл бұрын

lol his hands shake when he was holding the silicon disc

@Sheggy6626 14 жыл бұрын

@thrunt x wrong. he is professor.

@kyu5289 15 жыл бұрын

Answer's in the video for Manganese!

@BlantonDelbert 12 жыл бұрын

I saw a video with Michio Kaku who said that the silicon chip is almost maxed out. In other words, it can get no thinner. This is how they made advances in the chip by making it thinner year after year. Now, it is about as thin as it can get so we have maxed out the computing power of the silicon chip. Now what? Michio Kaku thinks they will start writing Machine Code directly onto single atoms. I don't see how this is possible.

@cthulhex 14 жыл бұрын

The professor looks rather placid, not mad at all.

@mullingitover 16 жыл бұрын

That afro is powerful. Respeck.

@bipbop4232 12 жыл бұрын

ever heard of graphene, that will replace silicon. its the thinnest material in the world (one atom thick) and can conduct electricity very well. it wil be the base for future supercomputers

@PGordonKennedy 13 жыл бұрын

5 people dislike silicon and yet without silicon they couldn't even watch this, let alone dislike it! :)

@TheOnlySapien 12 жыл бұрын

Professor has a nice cup

@theOriginalMrGlass 15 жыл бұрын

and who is to say he didnt jus aquire it recently before the video was made? and how many people realy have a waffer in that good of shape i have a bunch pentium 1 waffers in a storsge tray that i got wen my stepdad worket @ intel installing pipes for there cleanrooms unfortunatly they were all baddly damaged and only had 4 out of maybe 40 of em were intact

@Toastmaster_5000 14 жыл бұрын

@carl0071 actually, most of the cost is the architecture and fabrication systems. the pins are gold PLATED, so they're not even entirely gold. you can find new cpus for less than $40 that have more pins than the socket 478 p4, and the reason they're so cheap is because they don't offer anything special in today's standards

@mykasikna 13 жыл бұрын

1:45 so let me take that. lol voice :D

@rageagainstthebath 13 жыл бұрын

@MagaCarey It's rather strange that Silicon Dioxide is in your cat's food, because it's just a pure sand (As the Prof said in this movie)...

@Sheggy6626 14 жыл бұрын

@thingy291 NOOOOO!!!

@bruenor82 15 жыл бұрын

i just noticed...nice mug

@moomilkboy 15 жыл бұрын

wow he just handled a couple hundred bucks worth of pentium 4 processors like it was nothing

@daemiax 15 жыл бұрын

my point was not the name, i heard them saying that it GROWS, thats why i said that it is a fruit. which seemed to be weird. besides i think the name Silicium Comes From LATIN

@madamerotten 15 жыл бұрын

Silicone is a synthetic rubber based on silicon, carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, among other elements.

@alanna4858 16 жыл бұрын

go into it!

@technoman9000 15 жыл бұрын

That's not true at all. If you're referring to "silicon-on-sapphire" technology, the sapphire is a separate layer which is used for data transfer. The transistors are still silcon.

@AdventLt 14 жыл бұрын

That plate of silicon cost plenty of money :)

@HighlordSarnex 13 жыл бұрын

@replypdf ah and those are a question for another time... or the internet whichever you prefer xD

@daemiax 15 жыл бұрын

what is silicium, a fruit so that it grows? sounds funny.

@Draxis32 15 жыл бұрын

Metallic Silicion, i think its even more expensive than metallic titanium, this materials are surrounding us, but their god damn oxides are extremely hard and expensive to obtain the metallic material from them.

@TheSpeshulShark 13 жыл бұрын

@HRHooChicken It doesn't. My dad works there, and is always complaining xD

@nonchalantgamer 13 жыл бұрын

@tastythighs180 Pamela Anderson is in my computer.

@mjallan123 12 жыл бұрын

Clearly you, but you took the time to reply to a 2 month old comment.

@HLSDK 16 жыл бұрын

breat implants are sillicone, rather than sillicon. Despite the name, they are pretty different materials. It just wouldn't feel very nice with silicon!

@onimotoko 14 жыл бұрын

@ShadowRayzzz without silicon erbium would not have any value in computers. No computers, no internets.

@OO7ACEMASTER 13 жыл бұрын

20 nanometers thick!

@Sheggy6626 14 жыл бұрын

@onceigoblack yes

@Toastmaster_5000 14 жыл бұрын

damn how'd they get their hands on intel's wafers? i'd like one of those

@MrGallade475 12 жыл бұрын

pentium 4 wafer, the slowest you will ever see a piece of that grade silicon go.

@bennemann 15 жыл бұрын

you mean valley =)

@Bendeco08 15 жыл бұрын

erm silicon on this video is the metal and silicone is like rubber stuff lol

@jlmadill 13 жыл бұрын

@ltjb145 Silicon reacts with JUSTIN BIEBER

@mafl25 14 жыл бұрын

I want that waffer!

@bennemann 15 жыл бұрын

When did I say it does not come from latin? Portuguese are spanish are derived from latin, that's why our continent is called Latin America :)

@BruceNJeffAreMyFlies 13 жыл бұрын

@tastythighs180 Technically, silicon is also in pams chesticles. Silicone is made partially from silicon. Just a tidbit of info for ya.

@HRHooChicken 14 жыл бұрын

Poor guy, he shakes a lot. I don't think that university provides propper central heating

@punishedexistence 13 жыл бұрын

5 people don't like computers.

@Deby_M1 14 жыл бұрын

that guy looks very much like Jamie Oliver

@Arkphyre 16 жыл бұрын

Mm I think that's silicone, this is about silicon.

@nonchalantgamer 13 жыл бұрын

@alasanof Are you high?

@zasgat 11 жыл бұрын

lonely anytime?

@daemiax 15 жыл бұрын

first of all , i knew that latin America was the place between n and south america, wher cuba is.OK W/E call it w/e u want . i will call it silicium. this is how my chemistry teacher thought me like this and i will call it silicium. or simply , maby they call it silicium in romania, how may u know.

@FrostPegasus 16 жыл бұрын

Maybe it's the age. :-P

@Asurael 16 жыл бұрын

I wonder if Professor Martyn has Parkinsons of Parkinson-like tremors. Either that or he just gets nervous in front of the camera. Great video as usual :P

@mozkitolife5437 11 жыл бұрын

"Right, I'll just put that there because I want to put that back in a bag". lawl... this is what makes these videos enjoyable because you're not up yourselfs AT. ALL. Cute stuff indeed.

@danbison 15 жыл бұрын

I know some silly Kates.

@theOriginalMrGlass 15 жыл бұрын

that waffer he is holding is hella expensive and his shaky hand when he lets go with the other hand and his right hand starts to shake it makes me hope he paid for it so if he breaks it some one else isnt assed out of alot of money lol

@aswhit5 15 жыл бұрын

silicon is an outdated semiconductor. we have found many better molecular compounds for use in optoelectrical devices. mainly polythiolene derivatives.

@AaronAlso 16 жыл бұрын

Doh! forgot th important part... /wiki/Silicon