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Definition of Carborundum
1. Noun. An abrasive composed of silicon carbide crystals.
Definition of Carborundum
1. Noun. Crystals of silicon carbide used as an abrasive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carborundum
Literary usage of Carborundum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mineral Industry (1914)
"Below 1000° C. no oxidation of carborundum occurs in pure oxygen. From 1000° to
1350° carborundum is slightly oxidizable in air. ..."
2. The Electric Furnace: Its Evolution, Theory and Practice by Alfred Stansfield (1907)
"Carborundum.* This is produced by heating silica and carbon to a very high ...
The carborundum powder can be made to cohere by the use' of fire-clay (6 ..."
3. Transactions by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1916)
"91 Carborundum alone was used as the abrasive and a uniform pressure of 15 lb.
per ... With a small quantity of carborundum, F, and lard oil the surface was ..."
4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1893)
"The latter is surrounded by a thick shell of carborundum crystals. This shell of
carborundum is enveloped in a thin sheet of amorphous carbide of silicon; ..."
5. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"The carborundum is dug out in largo masses and pounded with water in a mechanical
crusher, and then digested with sulphuric acid (1:2) for 3 days at 100°, ..."
6. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1909)
"Carborundum is a silicide of carbon and is a product of the electric furnace;
... The Carborundum Company adopts a somewhat similar method of grading, ..."
7. Silica and the Silicates by James Aloysius Audley (1921)
"Carborundum, a crystalline silicon carbide, was discovered accidentally by EG
Acheson in 1891. Amorphous Silicon Carbide is obtained as a greenish powder by ..."
8. The Niagara Falls Electrical Handbook: Being a Guide for Visitors from (1904)
"1000 HP Transformer with Induction Regulator The Carborundum Company The Carborundum
... Carborundum is a chemical combination of carbon and silicon, ..."
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