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Silicon is chosen precisely because it is much easier to turn into small fibers, literally just like asbestos. Silicon is the second most abundant material in a

Silicon is chosen precisely because it is much easier to turn into small fibers, literally just like asbestos. Silicon is the second most abundant material in asbestos, after oxygen.

graemep 3y ago
I think the point is not that silicon the element is a forever material, but the fibres from from it will be.
- flybrand 3y ago
  And that becomes a common constraint in commercializing new antimicrobial and antiviral products.