How to Use silica in a Sentence

silica

noun
  • When rice husks are burned, the ash is rich in high-grade silica.
    — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2021
  • There is more silica in those mines than there has ever been.
    — William McCool, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2026
  • That means anything that was made from that silica is banned.
    — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 27 June 2021
  • In the past, plain old silica sand was widely used for this process.
    — New Atlas, 18 Dec. 2025
  • The silica was then left free-floating as the X-ray burst hit it.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Plus, the silica mud masks and mineral salts are great for your skin.
    — Condé Nast Traveller, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Even so, spending a lot of time up close with silica can lead to health problems.
    — Bridget Reed Morawski, Popular Science, 1 June 2023
  • Those who hope to search these silica deposits for signs of life on Mars might not have to wait long.
    — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 26 Dec. 2017
  • Most of us see skyscrapers but don’t see the silica mines that created the glass.
    — Edward Burtynsky, National Geographic, 25 Mar. 2020
  • Yee found that the same proton pump also helps diatoms make their tough silica shell.
    — Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 6 July 2023
  • The water is blue due to the way the silica reflects sunlight.
    — Liz Dufour, USA TODAY, 25 May 2018
  • Lam chalks this up to silica silylate used as a thickening agent.
    — Sophia Panych, Allure, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Made of extremely fine, silica-rich quartz, the squeaky-soft sand is some of the smoothest and whitest in the world.
    — Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Step two is the silica face and body mask — this white mineral mask will cleanse and strengthen your skin.
    — Hannah Streck, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The idea is to cut down on the weight that rigid metal or silica-ceramic shields require.
    — Paul Brinkmann, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Craftsmen fill large handmade clay pots with one and a half tons of silica and boron oxide powders.
    — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Like the glass in soda bottles, the glass in your vase consists mostly of white silica sand.
    — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
  • The nano silica doesn’t add a protective layer or replace a loss of oil.
    — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • Further, the city will take samples from the crushing devices to look for silica as well.
    — Michael Sangiacomo, cleveland.com, 23 May 2017
  • Bowen Yang partied as the packed of silica that keeps your shoes from getting soggy.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024
  • With a combination of silica dust and coal dust, miners can pick up black lung much faster than with coal dust alone.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The result is a layer of pure silica, otherwise known as glass.
    — Megan Molteni, Wired, 26 June 2020
  • This involved a mix of Portland cement, fine sand, and silica fume.
    — New Atlas, 10 July 2025
  • The lower level is rich in basalt, while the upper level contains a lot of silica.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The sand is so perfectly white because it's made of gypsum whereas most sand is made of silica.
    — James Barrett, Redbook, 13 Jan. 2023
  • That comes from the high silica content in the water, which give it a particular mouth feel.
    — Gina Pace, Town & Country, 1 June 2016
  • Others rely on abrasive agents like silica to mask surface stains.
    — Daryl Austin, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The silica will help absorb excess moisture and give you the best change of recovery.
    — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Glass contains silica, as do sand and certain types of clay that would have been present on primordial Earth.
    — Bymitch Leslie, science.org, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Czochraslski used a silica crucible—a container made of quartz—to grow the crystals.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 6 Dec. 2019

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