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Silica
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.
Meaning of silica from wikipedia
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known as
silica, is an
oxide of
silicon with the
chemical formula SiO2,
commonly found in
nature as quartz. In many
parts of the world,
silica is the major...
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Silica gel is an
amorphous and
porous form of
silicon dioxide (
silica),
consisting of an
irregular tridimensional framework of
alternating silicon and...
- Look up
silica or
sílica in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Silica or
silicon dioxide is a
chemical compound.
Silica may also
refer to:
Silica gel, a...
- main
classes of
amorphous silica are
pyrogenic silica, precipitated
silica and
silica gel.
Among them,
precipitated silica has the
greatest commercial...
- conductivity.
Aerogels can be made from a
variety of
chemical compounds.
Silica aerogels feel like
fragile styrofoam to the touch,
while some polymer-based...
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Fumed silica (CAS
number 112945-52-5), also
known as
pyrogenic silica because it is
produced in a flame,
consists of
microscopic droplets of amorphous...
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Silica fume, also
known as microsilica, (CAS
number 69012-64-2,
EINECS number 273-761-1) is an
amorphous (non-crystalline)
polymorph of
silicon dioxide...
- The alkali–
silica reaction (ASR), also
commonly known as
concrete cancer, is a
deleterious internal swelling reaction that
occurs over time in concrete...
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which may
render volcanic crystalline silica much less
pathogenic than some
other forms of
crystalline silica.
Silicosis is a form of
occupational lung...
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Hydrophobic silica is a form of
silicon dioxide (commonly
known as
silica) that has
hydrophobic groups chemically bonded to the surface. The hydrophobic...
