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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To be a successful semiconductor, diamond must outperform silicon and other materials like silicon carbide or gallium nitride.
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New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2024
The Energy Department, meanwhile, announced a $544 million loan to a Michigan company to expand manufacturing of high-quality silicon carbide wafers for electric vehicles.
—Fatima Hussein, Matthew Daly, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Nov. 2024
Silicon has a band gap of 1.1 electron volts, while silicon carbide’s ranges from 3.3 to 3.4 eV.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2024
The firm sees pricing for silicon carbide – a semiconductor material used in electric vehicles – being down about 10% to 20% year-over-year in 2025.
—Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
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New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2024
The Energy Department, meanwhile, announced a $544 million loan to a Michigan company to expand manufacturing of high-quality silicon carbide wafers for electric vehicles.
—Fatima Hussein, Matthew Daly, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Nov. 2024
Silicon has a band gap of 1.1 electron volts, while silicon carbide’s ranges from 3.3 to 3.4 eV.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2024
The firm sees pricing for silicon carbide – a semiconductor material used in electric vehicles – being down about 10% to 20% year-over-year in 2025.
—Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Silicon carbide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silicon%20carbide. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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