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
For Carborundum stockholders and some arbitragers like Goldman, Sachs and Salomon Bros., it was a satisfying deal, to say the least.
From Time Magazine Archive
"You grew up on it," explained an accompanying note from the elder Hartmann, a patent attorney in Beverly Hills, Calif., and former chemist who once directed research for the Carborundum Co.
From Time Magazine Archive
He said that Kennecott paid too much for Carborundum and that the copper company should have spent the money for improvement of its antiquated copper mines or distributed it to the shareholders.
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Carborundum is used as an abrasive, that is, as a material for grinding and polishing very hard substances.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
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