Almost as hard as diamond! Silicon meets Carbon
In a scorching furnace, silicon and carbon lock together into silicon carbide, a crystal almost as hard as diamond.
The result
- What it makes
- Silicon carbide (carborundum)
- Equation
- Si + C → SiC
- When it happens
- Only in a very hot furnace
Fun fact from Fizzy: Silicon carbide is the gritty stuff on sandpaper and is used in car brakes!