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Silicon

Silicon is used in items from breast implants to computers. It makes up over 90% of the Earth's crust, it can be found in sand and Quartz crystals.

This is a programme from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Archive and was originally broadcast in 1998.

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14 minutes

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project