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silicon carbides

silicon carbides is the plural of silicon carbide.

Meaning of silicon carbide

Noun

silicon carbide (countable and uncountable, plural silicon carbides)

  1. 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.

Questions about silicon carbides

What is silicon carbides the plural of?
Silicon carbides is the plural of silicon carbide.

Words near silicon carbides in the dictionary

  1. Silicon Beach
  2. silicon bronze
  3. silicon bronzes
  4. silicon burning
  5. silicon carbide
  6. silicon carbides
  7. silicon chip
  8. silicon chips
  9. silicon copper
  10. silicon curtain
  11. silicon dioxide

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