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Silicon Carbide

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Noun

1. silicon carbide

an extremely hard blue-black crystalline compound (SiC) used as an abrasive and a heat refractory material; crystals of silicon carbide can be used as semiconductors

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Silicon Carbide

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noun
an extremely hard bluish-black insoluble crystalline substance produced by heating carbon with sand at a high temperature and used as an abrasive and refractory material. Silicon carbide whiskers have a high tensile strength and are used in composites; very pure crystals are used as semiconductors. Formula: SiC

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Silicon Carbide

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a bluish-black, crystalline substance, SiC, produced in an electric furnace
see also Carborundum, Mohs scale

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Silicon Carbide

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n.
A bluish-black crystalline compound, SiC, one of the hardest known substances, used as an abrasive and heat-refractory material and in single crystals as semiconductors, especially in high-temperature applications.

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