How Do You Make Use Of Silicon Carbide?
Silicon carbide, or moissanite, is a common man-made mineral that is rarely occurring in nature. Silicon carbide has many applications ranging from ballistics to packaging. Here are some of them. • Abrasion and Cutting. Silicon carbide is commonly used as an abrasive, especially with stones. Abrasion helps remove an upper layer of a stone to reveal a better looking layer. This is especially useful if the upper layer of the stone has been scratched. Since silicon carbide is very hard, only a few other stones, like diamonds, are harder on the Mohs scale, its hardness is used in cutting other, softer stones, as it is a cheap alternative to diamonds. • Armor. Like boron carbide, silicon carbide is strong enough to stop bullets. This makes it very useful in military and police applications. Given enough silicon carbide, you can even make your own ceramic armor! The M1 Abrams is equipped with a silicon carbide hull. Silicon carbide is also used, along with titanium carbide and silicon nitrid
