Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā huahana Silicon carbide i nā ʻano he nui e like me ke kaiapuni noi like ʻole. Hoʻohana nui ʻia ia ma ke ʻano mechanical. No ka laʻana, ʻo ka silicon carbide kahi mea kūpono no ka sila mechanical silicon carbide ma muli o kona kūpaʻa maikaʻi i ka palaho kemika, ikaika kiʻekiʻe, paʻakikī kiʻekiʻe, kūpaʻa maikaʻi i ka ʻaʻahu, ka coefficient friction liʻiliʻi a me ke kūpaʻa wela kiʻekiʻe.
ʻIke ʻia ʻo Silicon carbide (SIC) ʻo carborundum, i hana ʻia me ke one quartz, petroleum coke (a i ʻole coke lanahu), nā ʻāpana lāʻau (pono e hoʻohui ʻia i ka wā e hana ai i ka silicon carbide ʻōmaʻomaʻo) a pēlā aku. Loaʻa iā Silicon carbide kahi mineral kakaikahi ma ke ʻano, ʻo mulberry. I kēia manawa, ʻo C, N, B a me nā mea ʻē aʻe ʻaʻole oxide kiʻekiʻe refractory raw maka, ʻo silicon carbide kekahi o nā mea i hoʻohana nui ʻia a hoʻokele waiwai, hiki ke kapa ʻia he one kila gula a i ʻole one refractory. I kēia manawa, ua māhele ʻia ka hana ʻoihana Kina o ka silicon carbide i ka silicon carbide ʻeleʻele a me ka silicon carbide ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ʻo ia mau mea ʻelua he mau kristal hexagonal me ka hapa o 3.20 ~ 3.25 a me ka microhardness o 2840 ~ 3320kg/mm2.