SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum
GLD 458.00+1.4%Jan 23 4:00 PM EST

 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: TobagoJack who wrote (187094)4/28/2022 4:27:39 AM
From: maceng2  Read Replies (1) of 219750
 
Ref Neon.

The photolithography stages in microchip production use what basically a big fancy camera. Lasers are used for the light sources. They are a manufacturing tool, so they are the razor, not the razor blades.

Recycling of the gases burned in the lasers over time are possible..

Neon Shortages in Semiconductor Manufacturing? - by Jon Y (substack.com)

Neon is a noble gas and therefore stable and recyclable if push comes to shove.

Cymer second-generation lithography lasers reduce neon consumption | Laser Focus World

The worlds Neon in the atmosphere is evenly distributed. Thus its a socialist gas (they all are) -g-

The equations of diffusion are totally Marxist. Capitalist Gases were banned from the universe long ago. The only capitalist atoms and molecules left are solids, and the untrustworthy liquids which have a tendancy to flow and even things up.

Just as usual in all these things, it just a matter what is cost effective.

Putins tanks and invasions are a second order issue at the most imho.
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext