silicon metal properties
Silicon is widely used for smelting into ferrosilicon alloys as alloying elements in the steel industry, and as a reducing agent in many metal smelting. Silicon metal properties is make it also a good component in aluminum alloys, and most cast aluminum alloys contain silicon. Silicon is the raw material of ultra-pure silicon in the electronics industry. The ultra-pure semiconductor monocrystalline silicon electronic device has the advantages of small size, light weight, good reliability and long life, because of silicon metal properties.
From a global perspective, the consumption of silicon for metallurgy is more than that for chemical silicon. However, with the continuous development of science and technology, chemical silicon is widely used in the fields of silicone and semiconductor production, and is widely used in the production of organic Silicon monomer and polymer silicone oil, silicone rubber, silicone building anti-corrosion, waterproofing agent, etc., they have high temperature resistance, electrical insulation, radiation resistance, waterproof and other unique silicon metal properties . Used in electrical, aerospace, machinery, chemical, pharmaceutical, defense, construction and other departments. More than 95% of the electronic components that are the core of integrated circuits are made of semiconductor silicon, which is the backbone of the modern information industry. The fiber in the fiber optic cable, which is widely used in the "information superhighway", is also produced from silicon metal. The consumption of chemical silicon in the United States and the European Union has accounted for more than half of total silicon metal consumption. Chemical silicon is widely used as a high-tech field and an important basic industry, and its consumption tends to grow steadily.