silica
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.
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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
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Translations edit
silicon dioxide
silica group of the silicate minerals
See also edit
References edit
- ^ “silex”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.