silicon carbide

Definitions of silicon carbide
  1. noun
    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
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    a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element
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