silicon carbide

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silicon carbide

Summary

silicon carbide is a type of chemical entity[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,774 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • silicon carbide is credited with the discovery of Edward Goodrich Acheson[3].
  • silicon carbide's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[4].
  • silicon carbide's canonical SMILES is recorded as [C-]#[Si+][5].
  • silicon carbide's chemical formula is recorded as SiC[6].
  • silicon carbide is a type of carbide[7].
  • silicon carbide is a type of silicon compound[8].
  • silicon carbide is a type of abrasive[9].
  • silicon carbide's Commons category is recorded as Silicon carbide[10].
  • silicon carbide comprises silicon[11].
  • silicon carbide comprises carbon[12].
  • silicon carbide's crystal system is recorded as trigonal crystal system[13].
  • silicon carbide's point group is recorded as ditrigonal pyramidal[14].
  • silicon carbide's space group is recorded as space group R3m[15].
  • silicon carbide's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+9'}[16].
  • silicon carbide's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+9.5'}[17].
  • silicon carbide's refractive index is recorded as {'amount': '+2.55'}[18].
  • silicon carbide's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[19].
  • silicon carbide's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • silicon carbide's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21].
  • silicon carbide's has effect is recorded as silicon carbide exposure[22].
  • silicon carbide's has characteristic is recorded as covalent network solid[23].
  • silicon carbide's NIOSH Pocket Guide ID is recorded as 0555[24].
  • silicon carbide's density is recorded as {'amount': '+3.23'}[25].
  • silicon carbide's mass is recorded as {'amount': '+39.977'}[26].
  • silicon carbide's sublimation temperature is recorded as {'amount': '+4892'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

silicon carbide is credited with the discovery of Edward Goodrich Acheson[3].

Why It Matters

silicon carbide ranks in the top 2% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,774 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Standard molar entropy {'amount': '+213.02'}
    Crystal system trigonal crystal system
    Point group ditrigonal pyramidal
    Space group space group R3m
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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  2. 7w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 4Sv7B6
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  3. 14w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor Edward Goodrich Acheson
    Subclass of carbide, silicon compound, abrasive
    Ionization energy {'amount': '+9.3'}
    Has part(s) silicon, carbon
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007543762305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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