silica dioxide

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• Silica gel — Identifiers CAS number 63231 67 4  …   Wikipedia

• Silica (disambiguation) — Silica can mean*Silicon dioxide *Silica gel *Silica, Rožňava District, Slovakia …   Wikipedia

• silica gel — n colloidal silica resembling coarse white sand in appearance but possessing many fine pores and therefore extremely adsorbent * * * a purified form of silica (silicon dioxide) obtained by the reaction of sodium silicate with a mineral acid; used …   Medical dictionary

• Silica — Sil i*ca, n. [NL., from L. silex, silics, a flint.] (Chem.) Silicon dioxide, SiO?. It constitutes ordinary quartz (also opal and tridymite), and is artifically prepared as a very fine, white, tasteless, inodorous powder. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• silica — hard silicon dioxide, 1801, Modern Latin, from L. silex (gen. silicis) flint, pebble, on model of alumina, soda …   Etymology dictionary

• silica — ► NOUN ▪ silicon dioxide, a hard, unreactive, colourless compound which occurs as quartz and in sandstone and many other rocks. DERIVATIVES siliceous adjective. ORIGIN from Latin silex flint , on the pattern of words such as alumina …   English terms dictionary

• silica — [sil′i kə] n. [ModL < L silex, flint: see SILEX] a glassy, very hard mineral, silicon dioxide, SiO2, found in a variety of forms, as in quartz, opal, chalcedony, sand, or chert …   English World dictionary

• silica mineral — Any of the forms of silicon dioxide (SiO2), including quartz, tridymite, cristobalite, coesite, stishovite, melanophlogite, lechatelierite, and chalcedony. Various kinds of silica minerals have been produced synthetically. * * * Introduction… …   Universalium

• Silica — The chief component of sand and a substance responsible for lung disease and cancer. Crystalline silica of respirable size is primarily quartz dust occurring in industrial and occupational settings in the form of fine, breathable particles.… …   Medical dictionary

• silica — /sil i keuh/, n. the dioxide form of silicon, SiO2, occurring esp. as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives. Also called… …   Universalium

• Silica fume — Not to be confused with fumed silica. Silica fume, 380m²/g Silica fume, also known as microsilica, is a fine grain, thin, and very high surface area silica. It is sometimes confused with fumed silica (also known as pyrogenic silica) and colloidal …   Wikipedia