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
It was also a notable coup for the patrician Mellon family of Pittsburgh, which has for decades owned a large block of Carborundum stock.
From Time Magazine Archive
Curtiss-Wright is openly declaring its intention to make Kennecott sell off Carborundum, an abrasives manufacturer that Kennecott acquired only three months ago for $571 million.
From Time Magazine Archive
Carborundum or crystolon is also made up into refractory ware for high temperature work.
From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.
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