Silicon: The Cleverest Element On Earth

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  • čas přidán 27. 05. 2022
  • Silicon is the second most abundant element, it even exists in our own bodies. What do you know about it?
    Without silicon, we would not have come as far as we have regarding technology.
    Silicon is critical in the calculations processors must do daily. Silicon is the second most abundant element on Earth by mass, making up over 27% of the crust. Most of the silicon on Earth is found in the form of silicon oxides like sand and quartz.
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  • @A3Kr0n
    @A3Kr0n Před rokem +66

    Carbon is the cleverest element on Earth. It self-assembles into life.

    • @Ss_5738
      @Ss_5738 Před rokem +3

      Idk

    • @JscMemes
      @JscMemes Před 8 měsíci +2

      That is very true, carbon is the element that makes an object in touch with reality and identifies it, everything and everyone is made of carbon

    • @ObjectiveMedia
      @ObjectiveMedia Před 8 měsíci +2

      Maybe not entirely by itself (I think electromagnetic fields also play a role)

    • @SonySamtron
      @SonySamtron Před 8 měsíci

      @@JscMemes except the things that are not made out of carbon of course... You're probably thinking about the fact that life on earth is carbon-based, so it's fair to say that all living things have carbon in them
      *If we were to give carbon a title I'd call it the smartest element. Silicon is the clever sidekick that makes life so much more fun

    • @saadbutt8080
      @saadbutt8080 Před 5 měsíci

      Silicon might be the clever element of some other world and it might have some life form in other worlds..that explains the ufo's

  • @CoffeeMug2828
    @CoffeeMug2828 Před rokem +11

    They say gold is one of the most valuable metal on earth but the current civilization runs on silicon.

  • @paawwaann
    @paawwaann Před 2 lety +18

    😱 Mr Indian Hacker 0:29

  • @bicchu68
    @bicchu68 Před rokem +26

    Fun fact : Other than carbon , silicon based lives are also possible in alien worlds.

    • @abraruralam3534
      @abraruralam3534 Před rokem +3

      yeah because they are on the same group and have similar reactions. I wish to eat silicon chicken. Wait what

    • @hareth3911
      @hareth3911 Před rokem

      It’s not aliens , it’s the devices infront of us .

    • @iwillbnnedafterispeakwhy6498
      @iwillbnnedafterispeakwhy6498 Před 10 měsíci

      Fact?

    • @badpiggies988
      @badpiggies988 Před 6 měsíci

      Perhaps on planets where it rains lava and the soil is made of tungsten

    • @alexwelts2553
      @alexwelts2553 Před 3 měsíci

      What about those life forms that are particularly silly? Like Monte Python.

  • @straightuntotruth
    @straightuntotruth Před 2 lety +74

    No wonder why it was named as ‘Silicon Valley’.

    • @billscow
      @billscow Před 2 lety +6

      Not silicon, he says silicun.

    • @alansmithee419
      @alansmithee419 Před rokem +4

      @@billscow Because that's how it's pronounced.
      silicone might be pronounced differently, though I'm not sure.
      You might be thinking of that - it's a completely different substance.

    • @xc22rushabhpal84
      @xc22rushabhpal84 Před rokem

      I understood...

    • @Footprints1111
      @Footprints1111 Před rokem +2

      @@billscow sillycan. My dad is my hero. My mother is my butterfly. 🚛👣🦋🌈✨

    • @raja-_-
      @raja-_- Před rokem +1

      All because of Fairchild semiconductor

  • @potapotapotapotapotapota
    @potapotapotapotapotapota Před 2 lety +24

    I love videos like this, they explain things I've always wondered about

  • @garywebb4244
    @garywebb4244 Před rokem +5

    Silicon is also added to aluminum during mixing process, I know cause I shoveled enough of that rock in my younger days.

  • @bozan5112
    @bozan5112 Před 2 lety +8

    mr india hacker lol...very funny and talented guy

  • @bhimsharma9226
    @bhimsharma9226 Před 2 lety +11

    This video is awesome and helping me to develop my interest in science

    • @Nobnoxious
      @Nobnoxious Před rokem +1

      Science is the process of discovery and explanation.
      Engineering takes those discoveries and explanations and creates things with it.

  • @GiffysChannel
    @GiffysChannel Před 8 měsíci

    It's interesting how the Egyptians also valued and used silicon in the construction of important structures. Usually using massive blocks of high quality quartzite.

  • @magnesiumswift
    @magnesiumswift Před 6 měsíci +1

    Carbon and silicon are insane
    They are in the same group and right above/under each other

  • @DavidRLentz
    @DavidRLentz Před rokem

    So immensely intriguing!

  • @myagenthouston
    @myagenthouston Před rokem +1

    do you have a video on Lithium?

  • @timbuzick8778
    @timbuzick8778 Před rokem +2

    crazy how many people think silicon and silicone are the same things

    • @karhukivi
      @karhukivi Před rokem +1

      Until they get a silicon implant instead of a silicone one - painful!

    • @alexwelts2553
      @alexwelts2553 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Guilty till now.

  • @dreamyrhodes
    @dreamyrhodes Před 5 měsíci

    "Silicon: The Cleverest Element On Earth"
    Carbon: Am I a joke to you?

  • @jimurrata6785
    @jimurrata6785 Před rokem +1

    Interesting the author seems to think the boule is cast rather than seeded and dipped like a candle.
    Also that wafers themselves are MOSFETs, while MOSFETs are only one common type of transistor.

  • @TheArKtec
    @TheArKtec Před 3 měsíci

    Amazing. I wonder who was the 1st genius who thought and created all of this.

  • @USABESTMBA.COM-NEWS
    @USABESTMBA.COM-NEWS Před 2 lety +1

    Nice video 📹

  • @JohnnyAngel8
    @JohnnyAngel8 Před rokem +1

    The music is distracting.

  • @wanmuhdhatim2958
    @wanmuhdhatim2958 Před rokem

    lmao the opening already is making me laugh 😂

  • @craigbrown5359
    @craigbrown5359 Před 6 měsíci

    Most outstanding!!!

  • @sama_status
    @sama_status Před 2 lety +3

    Loved thi vdo

  • @singhy774
    @singhy774 Před rokem +1

    If my book teaches chemistry like this it would be much more interesting

  • @priyobratadas2081
    @priyobratadas2081 Před rokem

    Yeah....everyone needed to see Henry in this video...

  • @anandkumarmaurya8709
    @anandkumarmaurya8709 Před 2 lety

    Amazing

  • @lakshitharathnayake6893

    Love video 👍👍👍

  • @royalhydra5455
    @royalhydra5455 Před 2 lety +2

    Indian hacker 😂

  • @GiffysChannel
    @GiffysChannel Před 8 měsíci

    The spice must flow

  • @Doglas_and_BoCo
    @Doglas_and_BoCo Před 6 měsíci

    wow I used to learn for school

  • @shalomrutere2649
    @shalomrutere2649 Před 2 lety

    I don't know how we can say the transistors in processors use low current because a CPU that consumes more that 100 Watts doesn't even reach 2 Volts.

    • @ThermalWorld_
      @ThermalWorld_ Před 2 lety

      If you make a nanoscale transistors
      2 Volts are very high voltage, electrons can jump the insulation on transistor walls...

    • @deang5622
      @deang5622 Před rokem +1

      100 watts at 2 volts is 50 amps of current.
      50 amps is a *lot* of current.
      But it comes down to the number of transistors on the chip. A chip consuming 100 watts is going to have billions of transistors.
      The current being passed by each individual transistor is going to be very low.

  • @computerskills9492
    @computerskills9492 Před rokem

    I love this video

  • @eliasandrawos9301
    @eliasandrawos9301 Před 11 měsíci

    Watching this while drinking my Fiji

  • @tadakadinesh511
    @tadakadinesh511 Před rokem

    Everything was getting short because the lack of use increases....

  • @SmartEngineering9168
    @SmartEngineering9168 Před 2 lety

    Wow...

  • @DoozyyTV
    @DoozyyTV Před rokem

    Drink a shot everytime he says silicon

  • @nadvga6650
    @nadvga6650 Před rokem

    what a name for a lever matter. Sili !?

  • @lighttheoryllc4337
    @lighttheoryllc4337 Před 2 lety

    Boron doped Blue Diamond 🔹️ is far more efficient than Silicon and can be cloned in lab controlled environments in small and large scale production volumes.

  • @pandit-jee-bihar
    @pandit-jee-bihar Před 2 lety +11

    Silicon is also the most abundant element on earth after Oxygen of course.
    Looks like God wanted humans to use it so created in abundance.

  • @amosgona5250
    @amosgona5250 Před 2 lety +2

    Silicon 👍💖

    • @billscow
      @billscow Před 2 lety

      Silicun! He says silicun.

  • @haddow777
    @haddow777 Před rokem

    Seems kind or silly to blame the shortage on silicon. As you said silicon is the second most abundant element on Earth. The reason Silicon is so great in so many of these applications is because it is so abundant, it is very cheap and easy to obtain. Also, a basic fact of physics and elements is, the lower down on the periodic table of elements something is, the more abundant it is in the universe while also being lighter.
    There are probably other elements higher up the periodic table that share traits with silicon, and thus would make a suitable replacement. The problem is the higher you go up the table, the more rare the element is. This is because stars only naturally produce elements in abundance up to Iron. Iron, due to its difficulty in working in fusion processes, is usually what stalls the engine in stars and kills them. Heavier elements get made through other processes, and thus don't get made in anywhere near the abundance as Iron and lower elements.
    This means, any alternative to Silicon is going to be more rare by quite a bit, thus more expensive by quite a bit. Also, it will be heavier. Since it will share a similar profile as Silicon, that is subatomic makeup, it will likely be physically bigger too which wouldn't be great for very small circuits.
    So, it seems silly to think anything else would really be superior to Silicon.

    • @karhukivi
      @karhukivi Před rokem

      It is the shortage of silicon metal, which does not occur as the element in nature.

    • @BradHouser
      @BradHouser Před 6 měsíci

      The shortage is due to manufacturing capacity, not the raw materials. It takes time and big bucks to build new chip factories.

    • @BradHouser
      @BradHouser Před 6 měsíci

      @@karhukivi Not the reason. The metalloid comes from sand. The shortages are due to manufacturing capacity.

    • @karhukivi
      @karhukivi Před 6 měsíci

      @@BradHouser That's what I said, the shortage of manufactured silicon "metal" yes, it's a metalloid but they call it metal.

    • @BradHouser
      @BradHouser Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@karhukiviI meant to say the chip shortage is not the result of a shortage of the raw material, rather wafer fab capacity.

  • @marceugeni
    @marceugeni Před rokem

    The only element that climbed Everest

  • @ashxoxo
    @ashxoxo Před rokem

    Aren't silicone crystals grown and not casted?

  • @shawnphillips4804
    @shawnphillips4804 Před rokem +1

    bismuth is going to be taking over! 1nm

  • @FUT-Franklin
    @FUT-Franklin Před 10 měsíci

    All mobile phones share the fact they use gold, copper and aluminium aswell not just silicon so bad comparison

  • @jijogorgeraj
    @jijogorgeraj Před rokem

    It's wrong to point fault on the dependency on Silicone and not point out the actual issue of rare earth metals manufacturing and usage in micro chips. If the technology used pure silicone and was advanced to address the power issues, we wouldn't be in this day and age of chip shortage.

  • @Otaku_Saitama
    @Otaku_Saitama Před 9 měsíci +1

    omg mr indian hacker

  • @ravigujju1780
    @ravigujju1780 Před rokem

    Matter transferring material

  • @duluozah
    @duluozah Před rokem

    0:29 Mr. Indian Hacker 😂?

  • @googlenext6199
    @googlenext6199 Před 2 lety

    Silicon+valleys=ever chipp

  • @RoanokeBread
    @RoanokeBread Před rokem

    A house built on the sand…

  • @stiphbreis5513
    @stiphbreis5513 Před 5 měsíci

    If silicon was really clever it would figure out how to feed and house all the human beings on our planet. Several billion of the people mentioned may own a smartphone but live a subpar existence.
    Less technical crap, more humanity!

  • @kalalukamwangala4698
    @kalalukamwangala4698 Před 2 lety

    Look for more and advice.

  • @elizabethtaylor6135
    @elizabethtaylor6135 Před 9 měsíci

    Fun fact: 80% of the world population DOES NOT OWN A SMARTPHONE. Check your statistics.

  • @xochj
    @xochj Před rokem +1

    Calling BS on "this administration" actually doing anything to help.

  • @budmonk2819
    @budmonk2819 Před 5 měsíci

    Uh, is this a PR video for the current administration or one about silicon?

  • @altafnazir
    @altafnazir Před 4 měsíci

    @7:21 indirectly refers to US' No1 rival China !

  • @massive_headwound_harry
    @massive_headwound_harry Před rokem +1

    The idea that the chip shortage demonstrates a need for an alternative to silicon is false. The chip shortage isn't for lack of silicon. Remember, it's the 2nd most abundant element on Earth. Everything went into shortage as governments and people freaked out reducing the work force and tanking economies.

    • @thebandofbastards4934
      @thebandofbastards4934 Před rokem +2

      It's more rather that most of the semi-conductor production is focused in Taiwan and that all of the tools needed for chip production come from the Netherlands which makes it very vulnerabile to trade route disruption, alongside the fact that their production and transportation requires a lot of energy and fuel.

    • @massive_headwound_harry
      @massive_headwound_harry Před rokem

      @@thebandofbastards4934 I agree with you. It's important to have domestic supplies of strategic resources.
      I was responding to a claim made in the video.

    • @karhukivi
      @karhukivi Před rokem

      Abundance is irrelevant, it is silicon metal they are talking about, it has to be manufactured.

  • @oatechaosincycles
    @oatechaosincycles Před rokem

    I feel like he said "silicon" too many times.

  • @shreechanchitrakar1174

    silicon is everywhere,, then why there is shortage of it

    • @jurjenyoutub
      @jurjenyoutub Před rokem

      The problem is not silicon itself, but the machines that make the chips, asml is one of the only companys in the world that make the machines that make chips, so chipmakers that want to expand their capacity need to pay big buck and wait long for their machines to arrive.

  • @rorr4753
    @rorr4753 Před 2 lety +1

    silicon abundant

    • @billscow
      @billscow Před 2 lety

      Not silicon, he says silicun.

  • @ibrahemkurd8792
    @ibrahemkurd8792 Před 2 lety +4

    yeah absolutely you are right silicon is every where even in human body such as ( lips, breast, bu...., etc ). do apologize for the bad words have been used.😂😂😂❤❤

    • @billscow
      @billscow Před 2 lety

      Not silicon, he says silicun.

    • @deang5622
      @deang5622 Před rokem

      Silicon and Silicone. They are *not* the same.

  • @ango586
    @ango586 Před rokem

    It is carbon which is smartest...no life or organic chemistry possible without

  • @Naruto-xs2tc
    @Naruto-xs2tc Před rokem

    @MR.INDIAN HACKER in this video

  • @minalbatham2966
    @minalbatham2966 Před rokem

    Mr Indian Hacker 👍

  • @lankalakshandesilva2097

    yes It burn my hand Try hinu work 🙏🏻🇱🇰

  • @ianjones7740
    @ianjones7740 Před rokem

    Have a read of;
    ‘Insiders Health.
    Silica and Silicon.
    Amazing new health benefits from this trace mineral’.
    I have taken Bamboo Silica Extract (Piping Rock USA)
    for about 3 months.
    It helps hair, skin, nails and BLOOD SUPPLY.
    My fingernails have turned pink (under the nail but over the fingers) indicating increased vascularity.
    And the good Doctors say;
    You are as healthy as your blood supply.
    I thoroughly recommend you look into this !

  • @nimuil
    @nimuil Před rokem

    But simply carbon is smarter

  • @doak_
    @doak_ Před rokem

    bit of a nitpick here, china's in the wrong shape 6:47

  • @TahoeJones
    @TahoeJones Před rokem +1

    Many contradictions.

  • @learning-pe9ww
    @learning-pe9ww Před rokem

    👍👍👍

  • @hainanwestasia
    @hainanwestasia Před 3 měsíci

    👍

  • @user-gl2eq2ly4g
    @user-gl2eq2ly4g Před 2 lety

    I have a line I made up years ago:
    "There's nothing new under the sun ..... Except silicon!"
    It's always meet with the reply..... "That's not new!!!!!!!" ....... Missing the point entirely

  • @kongiebeanie6488
    @kongiebeanie6488 Před 2 lety +1

    لا حول ولا قوة الا بالله

  • @jonieshd-tv7068
    @jonieshd-tv7068 Před rokem

    Yeah china make Silicon but some silicon from Philippines...

  • @abuslaleem4777
    @abuslaleem4777 Před 2 lety

    I want content translated into Arabic

  • @souraneelmandal7912
    @souraneelmandal7912 Před rokem

    Now use it in on mob... 😉 😅 🤣

  • @joanstovold
    @joanstovold Před rokem

    The music is terrible

  • @samuelhallig1118
    @samuelhallig1118 Před 2 lety

    Idk if im first one

  • @tapas1505
    @tapas1505 Před rokem +1

    0:29 cool to see Mr Indian hacker. :D

  • @DemPilafian
    @DemPilafian Před rokem +1

    Melting above *3,632 °F?* Really? Sure it's not *3,631 °F* or *3,633 °F?* This is called *"fake precision",* and it is incorrect. It would be better to just use *2,000 °C,* the temperature with the original precision. However, if someone insists on including antiquated imperial units, at least do the unit conversion correctly.

  • @gus8493
    @gus8493 Před rokem

    Oh dear no chips...
    The Copyright © is holding all the cards and not distributing evenly round the globe trade alliances..."who"

  • @sanagirlqueen
    @sanagirlqueen Před 8 měsíci

    Bro why have u included Tajikistan in China map?? U shouldn't taken tibet from China and not add some other adjacent nations i think I'll add Bhutan and Mongolia too😅

  • @billscow
    @billscow Před 2 lety

    It's not silicon, he says silicun.

  • @Skkdass
    @Skkdass Před rokem

    Hello hello😁😁😂
    Mr Indian hacker they have more subscriber than your

  • @briangennardo6937
    @briangennardo6937 Před rokem

    Foolish was the man who built everything out of sand.

  • @gv2974
    @gv2974 Před rokem

    Hello.to the video's creators. I couldn't watch more than two minutes,because of the awful music. Very annoying. The content is great,but this irritating music is unnecessary. Thanks

  • @teboyaonewaserame4365

    Jesus is Salvation
    John 3 : 16 - 17 [NLT]
    For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
    God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.

  • @cantkeepitin
    @cantkeepitin Před rokem +1

    The speaker has no idea of what he is speaking when it comes to EE

  • @iqbalshaikh8507
    @iqbalshaikh8507 Před rokem +1

    And if whatever trees upon the earth were pens and the sea [was ink], replenished thereafter by seven [more] seas, the words of Allah would not be exhausted. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.

  • @alphaomegathegreatest7948

    Jesus Christ was lifted in the cross to pay for our sins, everyone who believes in him shall have eternal life John Cap. 3 | NIV-EN
    14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
    15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”

  • @AJRestoration
    @AJRestoration Před rokem

    You pronounced China wrong, its pronounced "Chaina". Donald Trump would agree.

  • @richardcarter5314
    @richardcarter5314 Před rokem +1

    The element is a metal called SILICA, when combined with other "things" it becomes SILICON.

    • @totemnihil6099
      @totemnihil6099 Před rokem +7

      Silicon is the element, Silica is silicon dioxide like the desiccant its also in sand and quarts

  • @josefshirin5318
    @josefshirin5318 Před rokem

    I rather an aerogel valley adjacent lol