I roto i te ahumahi, ka hangaia te silicon whakarewa mā te whakaiti i te silicon me te waro i roto i te oumu hiko.
Whārite tauhohenga matū: SiO2 + 2C→Si + 2CO
Ko te parakore o te silicon i whiwhihia i tēnei ara he 97~98%, e kiia nei ko te silicon whakarewa. Kātahi ka rewahia, ka whakakākanotia anō, ā, ka tangohia ngā poke ki te waikawa kia puta ai he silicon whakarewa me te parakore o te 99.7~99.8%.
Ko te silicon te nuinga o te hanganga o te silicon whakarewa, nō reira he rite ōna āhuatanga ki te silicon.
E rua ngā allotrop o te silicon:te silicon amorphous me te silicon crystalline.
Ko te silicon amorphous hepaura hina-pangohe tioata moroiti tēnā.
Kei te silicon tioata tehanganga tioatamengā āhuatanga haurua-haurua o te taimana, teko te ira rewa he 1410°C, ko te pūwāhi kohua he 2355°C, ko te pakeketanga o te Moh he 7, ā, he pakarukaru. He kaha te mahi matū o te silicon amorphous, ā, ka taeatahuna kinotia i roto i te hāora. Ka tauhohe ki ngā mea kore-konganuku pērā i te halogen, te hauota me te waro i te pāmahana teitei, ā, ka taea hoki te taunekeneke ki ngā konganuku pērā i te konupūmā, te konupūmā me te rino hei hanga i ngā silicide. Kāore te silicon amorphous e rewa i roto i ngā waikawa inorganic me ngā waikawa waro katoa tae atu ki te waikawa hydrofluoric, engari ka rewa i roto i ngā waikawa whakauru o te waikawa hauota me te waikawa hydrofluoric. Ka taea e te otinga konutai hauwai kukū te rewa i te silicon amorphous me te tuku hauwai. Kāore te silicon tioata i te mahi kaha, kāore e hono ki te hāora ahakoa i te pāmahana teitei, kāore e rewa i roto i tētahi waikawa inorganic me te waikawa waro, engari ka rewa i roto i ngā waikawa whakauru o te waikawa hauota me te waikawa hydrofluoric me te otinga konutai hauwai kukū.
He nui te silicon e whakamahia ana mō te whakarewa ki te koranu ferrosilicon hei huānga whakarewa i roto i te umanga rino me te maitai, me te hei kaiwhakaiti i roto i te whakarewa i ngā momo konganuku maha. He wāhanga pai hoki te silicon i roto i ngā koranu konumohe, ā, he silicon kei roto i te nuinga o ngā koranu konumohe whakarewa.