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minus-squaretiny_hedgehog@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·7 hours agoThe trick: technically, silicon is sand.
minus-squarethreeonefour@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 hours agoAchtually! Silicon is the 14th element on the periodic table. Sand is (mostly) Silicon Dioxide, SiO2.
minus-squarezergtoshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agoBy weight it’s almost fifty-fifty (28:32).
minus-squarethreeonefour@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 hours agoKinda like how plants grow structurally by using the carbon from the CO2 they absorb. Imagine gaining mass by breathing.
minus-squareJTskulk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 hours agoI don’t have to imagine, I’m over 40.
The trick: technically, silicon is sand.
Achtually! Silicon is the 14th element on the periodic table. Sand is (mostly) Silicon Dioxide, SiO2.
So sand is mostly oxygen. ;)
By weight it’s almost fifty-fifty (28:32).
Kinda like how plants grow structurally by using the carbon from the CO2 they absorb. Imagine gaining mass by breathing.
I don’t have to imagine, I’m over 40.