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Silicum vs Silica - What's the difference?

silicum | silica |

As nouns the difference between silicum and silica

is that silicum is (obsolete|chemistry) silicon while silica is silica.

silicum

English

Noun

(-)
  • (obsolete, chemistry) silicon
    • ----

    silica

    English

    Noun

  • Silicon dioxide.
  • Any of the silica group of the silicate minerals.
  • * 1993 , Historic American Building Survey, Town of Clayburg: Refractories Company Town , National Park Service, 2:
    • Its Blair County property was sited at the foot of ganister-covered Dunnings Mountain to compete with the Mount Union plants making silica bricks for the steel industry.

    Synonyms

    * when used as an anti-caking agent

    Derived terms

    * silica gel * silica glass * silicate * silica wool * siliceous * silici- * silicic * silicide

    Related terms

    * silicon

    See also

    * quartz * sand

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