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siemens reactor

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Thin silicon rods glowing at about 1,100 °C slowly grow fat as pure silicon settles on them from a gas.

First appearedc. 1955 (71 yrs ago)
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Thin silicon rods glowing at about 1,100 °C slowly grow fat as pure silicon settles on them from a gas.

From the big bang to siemens reactor

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big bang13.8 bn yrs ago
Hehelium13.8 bn yrs ago
CO2 laser1964
copper wiredate unknown
siemens reactorc. 1955