A na-ekewa ngwaahịa silicon carbide n'ọtụtụ ụdị dịka gburugburu ebe a na-eji ya eme ihe. A na-ejikarị ya eme ihe n'ụzọ igwe. Dịka ọmụmaatụ, silicon carbide bụ ihe kacha mma maka mkpuchi silicon carbide mechanical n'ihi ezigbo iguzogide nchara kemịkalụ, ike dị elu, ike siri ike dị elu, ezigbo iguzogide iyi, obere ihe esemokwu na oke okpomọkụ.
A makwaara silicon carbide (SIC) dị ka carborundum, nke e ji ájá quartz, petroleum coke (ma ọ bụ coal coke), osisi chips (nke a ga-agbakwunye mgbe a na-emepụta silicon carbide akwụkwọ ndụ akwụkwọ ndụ) na ihe ndị ọzọ mee. Silicon carbide nwekwara mineral a na-adịghị ahụkebe n'okike, mulberry. N'oge a, C, N, B na ihe ndị ọzọ na-adịghị oxide dị elu na-eme ka ọ dị nro, silicon carbide bụ otu n'ime ihe ndị a na-ejikarị eme ihe ma na-echekwa ego, nke a pụrụ ịkpọ ájá ígwè ọlaedo ma ọ bụ ájá na-adịghị emegharị ahụ. Ugbu a, mmepụta ụlọ ọrụ China nke silicon carbide kewara n'ime carbide ojii silicon na carbide silicon akwụkwọ ndụ akwụkwọ ndụ, ha abụọ bụ kristal hexagonal nke nwere oke nke 3.20 ~ 3.25 na obere ike nke 2840 ~ 3320kg/mm2.