Assertion: silicon | /r/HasProperty | the most abundant element
Facets:
value: in earth's crust
type: LOCATION
value: for computer chips
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: after oxygen
type: OTHER
value: on earth
type: LOCATION
value: in the universe
type: LOCATION
value: by mass
type: OTHER
value: for wafers
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Second only to oxygen, silicon is the most abundant element in Earth's crust.
text: It is also by far the most popular material used to make semiconductors.
text: It is even the most common element in the Earth’s crust.
text: Silicon is the most common material used in integrated circuits and microchips.
text: Si - the most common semiconductor
text: Even though silicon is considered to be the most prevalent material for wafers that are used in electronics, other compounds can be used as well.
text: Silicon is the 8th most abundant element found in the Universe.
text: Silicon is the eighth most common element in the universe by mass, but very rarely occurs as the pure element in the Earth's crust.
text: Silicon is the most abundant element on earth after oxygen.
text: The most important reason for why silicon is the most popular material for computer chips is that billions of dollars and incredible amounts of time have been invested over the past several decades perfecting the process of making very reliable, ever smaller transistors with millions and sometimes billions of working transistors per chip.