Game da tukwanen Silicon Carbide da SiC

Silicon Carbide yana da kyakkyawan juriya ga tsatsa, ƙarfin injina mai yawa, ƙarfin juriya ga zafi, ƙarancin yawan faɗaɗa zafi, da kuma juriya ga girgizar zafi mafi kyau fiye da alumincell namet mai zafi sosai. Silicon carbide ya ƙunshi tetrahedra na atoms na carbon da silicon tare da haɗin gwiwa mai ƙarfi a cikin layin lu'ulu'u. Wannan yana samar da abu mai tauri da ƙarfi. Silicon carbide ba ya fuskantar kowace acid ko alkalis ko gishirin da aka narke har zuwa 800ºC. A cikin iska, SiC yana samar da murfin silicon oxide mai kariya a 1200ºC kuma ana iya amfani da shi har zuwa 1600ºC. Babban ƙarfin juriyar zafi tare da ƙarancin faɗaɗa zafi da ƙarfi mai yawa yana ba wannan kayan halaye masu kyau na juriya ga girgizar zafi. Yumburan silicon carbide tare da ƙarancin ƙazanta ko babu ƙazanta na iyaka na hatsi suna kiyaye ƙarfinsu zuwa yanayin zafi mai yawa, suna kusantowa 1600ºC ba tare da asarar ƙarfi ba. Tsarkakakkiyar sinadarai, juriya ga harin sinadarai a zafin jiki, da riƙe ƙarfi a yanayin zafi mai yawa sun sa wannan kayan ya shahara sosai a matsayin tallafin tiren wafer da paddles a cikin tanderun semiconductor. Tsarin watsa wutar lantarki na ƙwayoyin halitta ya haifar da amfani da shi a cikin abubuwan dumama juriya ga tanderun lantarki, kuma a matsayin babban sashi a cikin thermistors (resistor masu canjin zafin jiki) da kuma a cikin varistors (resistor masu canjin ƙarfin lantarki). Sauran aikace-aikacen sun haɗa da fuskokin hatimi, faranti masu lalacewa, bearings da bututun layi.