silica
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See also: sílica
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Origin: 1585–95; in Latin silex (“hard stone, flint”). Subsequently, silicon was identified by the chemist Antoine Lavoisier in 1787 as a component element of the silex[1] or silicis. Compare silicate.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪl.ɪ.kə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]silica (countable and uncountable, plural silicas)
- Silicon dioxide.
- Any of the silica group of the silicate minerals.
- 1993, Historic American Building Survey, Town of Clayburg: Refractories Company Town, National Park Service, 2:
- Its Blair County property was sited at the foot of ganister-covered Dunnings Mountain to compete with the Mount Union plants making silica bricks for the steel industry.
- 1993, Historic American Building Survey, Town of Clayburg: Refractories Company Town, National Park Service, 2:
Synonyms
[edit]- E551 when used as an anti-caking agent
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]silicon dioxide
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silica group of the silicate minerals
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “silex”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.