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silicon carbide [SiC] carbon silicide Carborundum Carbosolita

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 3.0

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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 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Silicon carbide, also known as carborundum, is a hard chemical compound containing silicon and carbon. Wikipedia

A binary compound of silicon and carbon, SiC; it is one of the hardest known materials, and is used as an abrasive, under the trade name Carborundum, and as a refractory material. Wiktionary

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