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Why isn't silicon in the connecting wires of electric circiuts?
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∙ 13y ago
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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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoyes we surely use it ..... but it is not so found in evrywhere nd also it is costly then copper thats why we cant use in connecting wires . but it can used to manufacture all componenets as its properties able to perform varios operations
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