1) Abradant 2) Abrasive 3) Abrasive material
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1) Emery
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• A beautiful crystalline compound, SiC, consisting of carbon and silicon in combination; carbon silicide. It is made by heating carbon and sand together in an electric furnace. The commercial article is dark-colored and iridescent. It is harder than emery, and is used as an abrasive.
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Silicon carbide (SiC, see silicon), a black, cubic crystalline solid, made by heating coke with silica in an electric furnace. It is almost as hard as diamond (whose structure it resembles), and hence it is used as an abrasive. Carborundum is inert, refractory, and a good heat conductor, so is used ...
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Car`bo·run'dum [
Carbo n +
corundum .] A beautiful crystalline compound, SiC, consisting of carbon and silicon in combination; carbon silicide. It is made by heating carbon and sand together in an electric furnace. The commercial article is dark-colored and iridescent. It is harder than emery, and is used as an abr...
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Silicon carbide
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n] - (trade mark) an abrasive composed of silicon carbide crystals
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A trade name for an abrasive compounded of silicon and carbon (silicon carbide).
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noun an abrasive composed of silicon carbide crystals
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