Silica Synonyms

sĭlĭ-kə
A white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. silicon-oxide
  2. silicon dioxide

Words Related to Silica

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. silicate
  2. alumina
  3. anatase
  4. calcium-carbonate
  5. rutile
  6. hydrous
  7. microcrystalline
  8. mesoporous
  9. kaolin
  10. hydroxyapatite
  11. resin
  12. kaolinite
  13. cellulose
  14. magnetite
  15. feldspar

Silica Sentence Examples

  • Silica is continually being added to the ocean.

  • Either silica or tin may be present.

  • The view, often repeated, that the saccharum of the ancients is the hydrate of silica, sometimes found in bamboos and known in Arabian medicine as tabashir, is refuted by Yule, Anglo-Indian Glossary, p. 654; see also Not.

  • The atomic weight of silicon has been determined usually by analysis of the halide compounds or by conversion of the halides into silica.

  • The metal as prepared by electrolysis generally contains traces of aluminium and silica.

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