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
If victorious, Berner planned to sell off Carborundum and pay out the money to Kennecott shareholders.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The saga began in late 1977, when Kennecott took some of the proceeds from the Government-ordered sale of a subsidiary, Peabody Coal Co., and bought Carborundum Co., a maker of abrasives.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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