4steps from the big bang
142things can go into it
silicon wafer
MaterialSubstance
A slice of a single silicon crystal, less than a millimetre thick and polished flatter than almost anything else people make.
First appeared1954 (72 yrs ago)
Made Of
Everything is made of something.← What it takes
What it leads to →
Goes into
A slice of a single silicon crystal, less than a millimetre thick and polished flatter than almost anything else people make.
From the big bang to silicon wafer
The most direct chain from the start of the universe, following what things are made from and, for living things, what they evolved from. Each step shows when it first appeared.
big bang13.8 bn yrs ago
Hhydrogen13.8 bn yrs ago
water4.4 bn yrs ago
polishing slurrydate unknown
silicon wafer1954