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The primary reason we don't use silicon in wires in electric circuits is because it is not a conductor. Recall that "wires" in electric circuits are conductors, and conductors will allow electric current flow through themselves without a lot of resistance.

Silicon is what we call a semiconductor material. That means it "sorta" conducts, and "sorta" doesn't, depending on the conditions we set up when we manufacture it. There may be other reasons for not using silicon, but next to copper or aluminium, silicon doesn't conduct very darn well.

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