silica
IPA: sˈɪɫʌkʌ
noun
- Silicon dioxide.
- Any of the silica group of the silicate minerals.
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Examples of "silica" in Sentences
- The low gas and silica content of the lava keeps it runny.
- Precipitated silica is a silica produced by precipitation.
- An example of an amorphous membrane is the silica membrane.
- Both the push rods and the support tube are of vitreous silica.
- The addition of silica absorbs the FeO into a silicate slag layer.
- The silica and alumina are furnished by slow dissolution of the glass.
- Silica forms the exoskeleton in the microscopic diatoms and radiolaria.
- He studies colloid chemistry of silica and silicates in Cornell University.
- Can we mix silica powder to the paste, to reduce the shrinkage of the paste
- Silica is synthesised in the diatom cell by the polymerisation of silicic acid.
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