Assertion: silica | /r/HasProperty | an oxide of silicon
Facets:
value: with the chemical formula
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: — silica, an oxide of silicon, is the most common component of sand.
text: Silicon dioxide, also known as silica, is an oxide of silicon with the chemical formula SiO 2 , most commonly found in nature as quartz and in various living organisms.
text: Antoine Lavoisier (1787) tried reducing silica, an oxide of silicon, to isolate silicon but failed.
text: Silica (from the Latin word ‘silex’), is an oxide of silicon.