silicon carbide
noun
: a very hard dark crystalline compound SiC of silicon and carbon that is used as an abrasive and as a refractory and in electric resistors
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With this successful test flight, silicon carbide technology has proven its potential to transform not just hybrid aircraft, but the broader future of electric transportation.
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
Where Heat Begins and Ends in Chips At the boundary between the diamond and the semiconductor, a thin layer of silicon carbide forms.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
These materials include aluminum, cobalt, copper, dysprosium, electrical steel, fluorine, gallium, iridium, lithium, magnesium, graphite, neodymium, nickel, platinum, praseodymium, silicon, silicon carbide and terbium.
—Sahit Muja, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
They're housed within an electric drive unit (EDU) with a planetary transmission and silicon carbide inverter.
—New Atlas, 25 June 2025
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
Where Heat Begins and Ends in Chips At the boundary between the diamond and the semiconductor, a thin layer of silicon carbide forms.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
These materials include aluminum, cobalt, copper, dysprosium, electrical steel, fluorine, gallium, iridium, lithium, magnesium, graphite, neodymium, nickel, platinum, praseodymium, silicon, silicon carbide and terbium.
—Sahit Muja, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
They're housed within an electric drive unit (EDU) with a planetary transmission and silicon carbide inverter.
—New Atlas, 25 June 2025
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“Silicon carbide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silicon%20carbide. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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