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008			111006s2012 enka b 001 0 eng d
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019			_a781828046
020			_a9780199640270 (hbk.) : _c55.00
020			_a0199640270 (hbk.) : _c55.00
035			_a(OCoLC)757147148 _z(OCoLC)781828046
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100	1		_aMcWhan, Denis. _9139455
245	1	0	_aSand and silicon : _bscience that changed the world / _cDenis McWhan.
260			_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c2012.
300			_axiv, 142 p. _bill. ; _c24 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
520			_a"This is a story about sand and how science and silicon changed our lives. Over the last century, science taught us how to take this most common material and create the products on which we depend. It allows us to determine the atomic structure of materials and to grow novel, new materials atomic layer by atomic layer. The principles of thermodynamics are used to transform sand into ultra-pure silicon. Quantum mechanics gave birth to the electronic age and the computer chip in which dopants are precisely place in ultra-pure silicon. The absorption and emission and reflection of quanta of light, photons, underlies solar cells, light emitting diodes, radiation detectors, and optical fibers. This book follows the history of these scientific discoveries and relates them to the products made from sand" --Back cover.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [133]-138) and index.
505	0		_aSubmarines, clocks, and sensors -- The architecture of sand -- How pure is pure -- Impurities are key -- The sun shines bright -- How small is small -- Through the looking glass -- Sand is everywhere.
650		0	_aSand. _9139456
650		0	_aSilicon _xIndustrial applications _xHistory. _9139457
650	0	7	_aHalbleitertechnologie. _0(DE-588)4158814-9 _2gnd _9139458
650	0	7	_aSilicium. _0(DE-588)4077445-4 _2gnd _9139459
648		4	_aGeschichte 1900-2010. _9139460
907			_a37466 _b12-05-12 _c12-05-12
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