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Description: Features two interactive games related to the development of transitors. The object of the Periodic Puzzle is to line up tiles to match a section of the periodic table of the elements. The Wafer Maker is a fast-paced game where the user grows silicon crystals to make transistors.
Transistorized! Web Site Interactives is a chart of all the atoms currently known. The chart is carefully organized: each atom is listed in order of how many protons it has and in such a way that elements in each column have similar characteristics. For example, on the far right of the periodic table all the elements are gases, known as Noble Gases, which don't mix easily with other materials. On the bit of the chart shown in the periodic puzzle, silicon (Si) and germanium (Ge) (shown in the color red) are both in the same column and are both semiconductors -- materials which can be made to conduct electricity or not as needed. To grow the crystals in the heart of a transistor, chemists mix in elements from nearby columns to make a material with the proper conductivity.
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| Date | Creation Date: 1995-04-19T04:00:00Z Expiry Date: 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z |