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• Carborundum — Car bo*run dum (k[aum]r b[ o]*r[u^]n d[u^]m), [a trade name, from Carbon + corundum.] A beautiful crystalline compound, {silicon carbide} ({SiC}), consisting of carbon and silicon in combination; also called {carbon silicide}. It is made by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• carborundum — /kabəˈrʌndəm / (say kahbuh runduhm) noun 1. Chemistry silicon carbide, SiC, an important abrasive produced in the electric furnace. 2. a block of this or a similar material for sharpening knives, etc. {US trademark; carbo + (co)rundum} …  

• carbon silicide — Carborundum Car bo*run dum (k[aum]r b[ o]*r[u^]n d[u^]m), [a trade name, from Carbon + corundum.] A beautiful crystalline compound, {silicon carbide} ({SiC}), consisting of carbon and silicon in combination; also called {carbon silicide}. It is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• SiC — Carborundum Car bo*run dum (k[aum]r b[ o]*r[u^]n d[u^]m), [a trade name, from Carbon + corundum.] A beautiful crystalline compound, {silicon carbide} ({SiC}), consisting of carbon and silicon in combination; also called {carbon silicide}. It is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• silicon carbide — Carborundum Car bo*run dum (k[aum]r b[ o]*r[u^]n d[u^]m), [a trade name, from Carbon + corundum.] A beautiful crystalline compound, {silicon carbide} ({SiC}), consisting of carbon and silicon in combination; also called {carbon silicide}. It is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Silicon carbide — Chembox new Name = Silicon carbide ImageFile = Silicon carbide 3D balls.png ImageSize = 140px ImageName = Ball and stick model of part of a crystal of SiC ImageFile1 = silicon carbide detail.jpg ImageSize1 = 140px OtherNames = Section1 = Chembox… …   Wikipedia

• Electric Smelting and Aluminum Company — Type Private Industry Aluminum, bronze, carborundum, copper, alloys Founded c. 1886 to 1940s Founder(s) Alfred H. Cowles, Eugene H. Cowles Headquarters …   Wikipedia

• Graphite — For other uses, see Graphite (disambiguation). Graphite Graphite specimen General Category Native element mineral …   Wikipedia

• carbide — /kahr buyd, bid/, n. 1. a compound of carbon with a more electropositive element or group. 2. See calcium carbide. 3. a very hard mixture of sintered carbides of various heavy metals, esp. tungsten carbide, used for cutting edges and dies. [1860… …   Universalium

• Edward Goodrich Acheson — Infobox Scientist name = Edward Goodrich Acheson image width = caption = Edward Goodrich Acheson birth date = birth date|1856|3|9 birth place = Washington, Pennsylvania, USA residence = nationality = American death date = death date and… …   Wikipedia

• Acheson, Edward Goodrich — born March 9, 1856, Washington, Pa., U.S. died July 6, 1931, New York, N.Y. U.S. inventor. He helped develop the incandescent lamp and in 1881 installed the first electric lights for Thomas Alva Edison in Italy, Belgium, and France. Attempting to …   Universalium