carbon silicide

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carbon silicide - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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 heating carbon and
     sand together in an electric furnace. The commercial article
     is dark-colored and iridescent. It is harder than emery, and
     is used as an abrasive.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.] carborundum cloth