Carborundum
Americannoun
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Carborundum is silicon carbide, SiC, a very hard material used as an abrasive on sandpaper and in other applications.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
Curtiss-Wright told Kennecott's shareholders that it would raise most of the money by having Kennecott sell Carborundum, for $567 million or a bit less.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its Carborundum buy sets off a shareholders' storm Of all the bizarre business takeovers in this year of furious financial raiding, one has raised howls of hearty laughter among Wall Street insiders and others.
From Time Magazine Archive
Curtiss-Wright said its nominees "believe that Kennecott management, instead of paying $567 million to buy Carborundum Co., should have used that cash directly for the benefit of Kennecott stockholders."
From Time Magazine Archive
Carborundum paper, made like emery paper, is now largely used in place of garnet paper in American shoe factories, and finds a market in other directions.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
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