metallurgical silicon
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Solar cells come in many shapes and sizes, and are manufactured with a variety of materials. The element silicon has proven to be very versatile and relatively inexpensive for making many different types of electronic devices. This example of metallurgical silicon shows an early stage of processing the material.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Energy & Power
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Peter Iles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0061.03
label: accession number
content: 2016.0061
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0061.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: material sample
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: container: 1/2 in x 7 1/4 in x 5 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 18.415 cm x 14.605 cm