Green Silicon Carbide is a man made material elctro furnaced from Silica Sand and Coke. Due to high purity and unique characteristics Green Silicon Carbide is extremely well suited for hot pressing, sintering and reaction bonded ceramic manufacturing techniques. It is also well suited for manufacturing grinding tools, for machining non-metallic materials, wire saw slicing of solar wafers, and super refractory applications.
Chemical Composition
| Application | Grade | Grit Size | Total SiC mass % – min. | Total SiO2 mass % – max | Total AI mass % – max | Fe (Iron) mass % – max | C (Carbon) mass % – max |
| Abrasive | AG | F24 – F1500 | 98 | 4 | 0.08 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Ceramic | SG | <5 mcm | 99.5 | 0.4 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.3 |
| Wire Saw Slicing | WSS | F500-F1000 | 98 | 0.4 | 0.08 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| JIS800 – JIS2000 | |||||||
Physical Data
| Structure: | Monocrystalline |
| Particle Shape: | Blocky, sharp edged |
| Color: | Green |
| Friability: | Friable |
| Knoop hardness (100 scale): | 2600 |
| Mohl hardness: | 9.4 |
| Melting point: | 2600 ͦ (4712 ͦ F) |
| Thermal conductivity: | 210 btu/hr/ft ²/in/ F at 400 ͦ F |
| Thermal conductivity: | 100 btu/hr/ft ²/in/ F at 16400 ͦ F |
| Specific gravity: | 3.2 |