I-silicon carbide (SiC) yenziwa ngokuncibilikisa izinga lokushisa eliphezulu esithandweni sokumelana nezinto zokusetshenziswa ezifana nesihlabathi se-quartz, i-petroleum coke (noma i-coke yamalahle), ama-wood chips (usawoti uyadingeka ukuze kukhiqizwe i-silicon carbide eluhlaza). I-Silicon carbide ikhona nasemvelweni, i-mineral engavamile, i-moissanite. I-Silicon carbide ibizwa nangokuthi i-moissanite. Phakathi kwezinto ezingezona i-oxide high-tech refractory ezifana ne-C, N, kanye ne-B, i-silicon carbide iyona esetshenziswa kakhulu futhi engabizi kakhulu, futhi ingabizwa ngokuthi i-gold steel grit noma i-refractory grit. Njengamanje, ukukhiqizwa kwezimboni kwe-silicon carbide eShayina kuhlukaniswe i-black silicon carbide kanye ne-green silicon carbide, zombili ezingamakristalu ayisithupha anomndla othize ongu-3.20-3.25 kanye nobunzima obungu-2840-3320kg/mm2.

I-silicon carbide inezindawo ezine eziyinhloko zokusetshenziswa, okungukuthi: izinto zobumba ezisebenzayo, izinto zokuphikisa ezithuthukisiwe, izinto zokubhula kanye nezinto zokusetshenziswa zensimbi. Izinto ze-silicon carbide eziqinile kakade zinganikezwa ngobuningi obukhulu futhi azikwazi ukubhekwa njengomkhiqizo wobuchwepheshe obuphezulu. Ukusetshenziswa kwe-nano-scale silicon carbide powder enokuqukethwe okuphezulu kakhulu kobuchwepheshe akunakwenzeka ukuthi kwakha umnotho wesilinganiso ngesikhathi esifushane.

⑴Njengomshini wokuhudula, ingasetshenziswa ukwenza amathuluzi okuhudula, njengamasondo okugaya, amatshe kawoyela, amakhanda okugaya, amathayela esihlabathi, njll.

⑵Njenge-deoxidizer yensimbi kanye nezinto ezimelana nokushisa okuphezulu.

⑶ Amakristalu ahlanzekile kakhulu angasetshenziswa ukukhiqiza ama-semiconductor kanye nemicu ye-silicon carbide.