Metal silicon, inozivikanwawo secrystalline silicon kana silicon yeindasitiri, inonyanya kushandiswa sechinhu chinowedzera kune asiri-ferrous alloys.Metal silicon chigadzirwa chakanyungudutswa kubva kuquartz uye coke muvira remagetsi.Chinhu chikuru chesilicon yemukati chinenge 98% (mumakore achangopfuura, 99.99% yeSi content inosanganisirwa musimbi silicon), uye iyo yakasara tsvina isimbi nealuminium.calcium, nezvimwewo.