How to Use silicon dioxide in a Sentence

silicon dioxide

noun

• The top coat, in contrast, contained the promised silicon dioxide.
  — Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 4 July 2018
• In the case of flat glass, which makes up windows, that mixture may include sand (silicon dioxide), lime, and soda.
  — Doug Main, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2018
• This resin sits on top of a layer of silicon nitride on top of a layer of silicon dioxide.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2023
• To make the device, the researchers started with layers of silicon and silicon dioxide.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2022
• When the researchers apply a gate voltage from under the silicon dioxide, electrons are drawn to the surfaces of the materials.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Apr. 2023
• That hot side has an atmosphere made of silicon dioxide, more commonly known as quartz.
  — Ryan Prior, CNN, 6 Nov. 2020
• The palace of wisdom is a castle made of sand (i.e., curious arrangements of silicon dioxide).
  — Matthew Walther, TheWeek, 6 Aug. 2020
• The process generally begins with quartz’s cousin, quartzite, which consists in large measure of silicon dioxide.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• Glass, meanwhile, is formed of the compound silica, also known as silicon dioxide.
  — David Lumb, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2020
• Then, as now, the material was made by melting silicon dioxide, or silica, at about 2000°C, and then using a variety of techniques to shape it.
  — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 8 Apr. 2021
• The silicon dioxide deriving from the volcanic ash covering the carcass.
  — David Bressan, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
• The majority of all glass is silicon dioxide—one part silicon, two parts oxygen.
  — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, 12 June 2020
• Quartz sand, made up of silicon dioxide, is the most common sand found on beaches, except for tropical coasts where coral sand beaches, made up of calcium carbonate, are found.
  — Stephen P. Leatherman, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
• The result is a pattern of silicon nitride pillars sitting on top of the silicon dioxide substrate — a metalens.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2023
• Quartz sand, made up of silicon dioxide, is the most common sand found on beaches, except at tropical coasts where coral sand beaches, made up of calcium carbonate, are found.
  — Stephen P. Leatherman, The Conversation, 9 July 2024
• Meanwhile, silica sand — a type of sand high in silicon dioxide — is used for golf course bunkers, computer chips, glass, screens in electronic devices and even solar panels.
  — Carla Delgado, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2022
• In experiments, players worked on a lab simulator where they were asked to etch a memory hole, which is a trench in a silicon dioxide film that is used to create a memory cell.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Mar. 2023
• The type of silica used to make cell phone chips is an ultra-refined and inherently delicate form of silicon dioxide particles.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 24 Dec. 2022
• This product has a notably clean flavor and was the only one devoid of silicon dioxide or other anticaking chemicals designed to keep the salts free-flowing.
  — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 16 June 2021
• Using similar techniques, Weikart’s team engineered a way to suck all the air out of plastic containers—like a vial, syringe, or another shape—and replace it with silicon dioxide gas.
  — Megan Molteni, Wired, 26 June 2020
• The motion of the silicon dioxide could indicate a collapse, which would make the experiment a compelling confirmation of GRW predictions.
  — Ramin Skibba, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2020
• Almost half of it is silicon dioxide glass created by meteoroids hitting the moon, heating up and fusing the silicon topsoil into glass, then breaking it into tiny shards.
  — Eric Niiler, Wired, 19 Aug. 2021
• These insulating layers are often made of materials such as silicon dioxide and this has to be sputtered onto the surface using an electric field.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2021
• Scientists at Purdue University have made the fastest spinning object ever, a tiny ball of silicon dioxide that rotates 300 billion times per second.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 17 Feb. 2020
• Changing in the light The team created a small, thin flexible structure, not unlike a silicone bracelet, that contained one layer embedded with photonic crystals of iron oxide mixed with silicon dioxide.
  — National Geographic, 11 Sep. 2019
• Chalkboard paints typically contain talc, titanium dioxide, and silicon dioxide, making for a surface that will hold chalk.
  — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 29 Apr. 2019
• The coatings, known as passivation layers, are made from materials such as silicon nitride, silicon dioxide, and aluminum oxide.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 13 June 2024
• Traditionally, solar panels are made of glass, protecting the solar cell inside, which is made of silicon dioxide, which generates electricity when exposed to sunlight.
  — Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
• Glass, both ancient and modern, is a material usually made of silicon dioxide, or silica, that is characterized by its disorderly atoms.
  — Carolyn Wilke, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Nov. 2021
• Moganite, a crystal of silicon dioxide similar to quartz, is known to form on Earth in specific circumstances in sedimentary settings from alkaline fluids.
  — Tereza Pultarova, Scientific American, 3 May 2018

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024