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Carborundum   Listen
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Carborundum  n.  A beautiful crystalline compound, silicon carbide (SiC), consisting of carbon and silicon in combination; also called carbon silicide. It is made by heating carbon and sand together in an electric furnace. The commercial article is dark-colored and iridescent. It is harder than emery, and is used as an abrasive.






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"Carborundum" Quotes from Famous Books



... The last seems best of all. From your butcher secure a number of horns. With a saw cut off three or four inches of the tip. Place one in a vise and drill a conical hole in it an inch and a quarter deep and half an inch wide. This can be done by using a half-inch drill which has been ground on a carborundum stone to a conical point the proper length. In this hole set a stout piece of wood with glue. This permits you to hold the horn in the vise while you ...
— Hunting with the Bow and Arrow • Saxton Pope

... roller, designed by the author, is much superior to a broach. (See Fig. 7.) When the cavity is full, go over the tin with a mallet or hand burnisher, being careful not to injure the cavity-margin. Cut down occlusal fillings with burs or carborundum wheels, and proximal fillings with sharp instruments, emery strips or disks. After partially finishing, give the filling another condensing with the burnisher, then a final trimming and moderate burnishing; by this method a hard, ...
— Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth • Henry L. Ambler



Words linked to "Carborundum" :   abrasive material, trademark, abrasive



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