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 Re: Help, correct my mistakes
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Originally Posted by RonBee  The most useful element in electronics especially in microchips is silicon that everything is known about. It is the second plentiful element on the Earth after oxygen. This is its advantage but its bonds aren’t so strong. Perhaps that’s why a life on the earth is made by carbon and not by silicon. | The most useful element in electronics (especially in microchips) is silicon. It is the second plentiful element on the Earth after oxygen. That is its advantage, but its bonds aren't strong. Perhaps that is why a life on earth is made of carbon and not silicon.  |