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Silicon Seduced From Silica
Roland Piquepaille writes "Making silicon is an expensive process, which conventionally involves carbothermal reduction, in which the oxygen is removed from silica by a heterogeneous-homogeneous reaction sequence at approximately 1,700 C. Now, Japanese researchers have developed a new technique which uses electricity to remove the oxygen from silica. Their technique is based on the immersion of silica in a bath of molten calcium chloride salt at 850 C, which should reduce the costs of making silicon -- and other elements, like zirconium. Check this column for a summary or read this article from Nature for additional details."
When will they sell me a bucket of boiling adamantium ?
When will I end this grieving ? When will my future begin ?
Is everyone still shell shocked from the previous story, because ALL the jokes are lame.
* And before anyone marks me down as a troll, I am not trolling, just stating an opinion *
it is only after a long journey that you know the strength of the horse.
wonce upon a time...
.asps with whoreabull payper liesense hostage ransom stock markup FraUD/?pr? bullpoopIE.
then came the Godless greed/fear based mammonites/softwar gangsters, determined to block the flow of open/honest information/commerce, buy packing yOUR
of course, the evile wons kneadead to enlist sum brain/spirit deadened greed/fear based minions...
talk about domestic terrorism? it's all so georgewellian.
lookout bullow. consult with yOUR creator early & often. that's the spirit.
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