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The 40 pages that link to Silicon, each with the reason it gives.

• SemiconductorBroader topic: Its stable oxide and mature processing make silicon the dominant device material.

• Band gapBroader topic: Its indirect gap shapes its weak light emission and dominance in electronic devices.

• Jöns Jacob BerzeliusBroader topic: His preparation helped distinguish elemental silicon from its compounds.

• MetalloidBroader topic: Silicon is the archetypal metalloid and the basis of most integrated circuits.

• Electron mobilityBroader topic: Its electron mobility helps set performance limits in silicon transistors.

• Main-group elementBroader topic: Its semiconductor applications illustrate the technological reach of a p-block element.

• Carbon groupBroader topic: Its controlled conductivity made it the foundation of modern integrated circuits.

• Period 3 elementBroader topic: Its metalloid character marks a transition between the row’s metals and nonmetals.

• Elemental materialsBroader topic: Elemental silicon is the foundational semiconductor used in integrated circuits.

• Metallization pressureBroader topic: Its pressure-driven structural changes provide a well-studied route to metallic phases.

• Network solidBroader topic: This network crystal is the foundation of most semiconductor devices.