Silicon carbide
CSi40.096 g/mol Calculated
Also called Carborundum, carbon silicide, silicon monocarbide and SiC.
Carborundum: harder than almost anything but diamond, the grit on wet-and-dry paper and the ceramic in brake discs and body armour.
Sources and notes
- The introductionfrom sourceMoleculeFinder curated
- Other namesfrom sourceWikidataIts English label and aliases on Wikidata.
- Formula and weightcomputedPubChem
- 2D drawingcomputedPubChem structure, drawn by RDKit
- 3D modelfrom sourcePubChem 3D conformerLoaded after the page has painted, and on a phone only when you ask for it; the 2D drawing shows until it arrives.
Where you encounter it
A pure element or an engineered material, rather than an ingredient in a product.
Sources and notes
- The line abovefrom sourceMoleculeFinder curatedFrom the group the molecule belongs to.
Properties and sources
Calculated by PubChem
- Molecular formula
- CSi
- Molecular weight
- 40.096 g/mol
- Polar surface areatopological
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Rotatable bonds
- 0
- Complexity
- 10
Reported Hazard label (GHS), ECHA, EU CLP Regulation, Safe Work Australia via PubChem
Danger Flammable pictogram (GHS02), Irritant pictogram (GHS07) and Health hazard pictogram (GHS08); hazard statements H225, H315, H319, H335, H336, H372
Groups it belongs to
- Category
- Element & material
- Family
- Hard mineral solids
- Hazard classes
- Flammable, Irritant, Health hazard, GHS Danger
- Size
- Under 100 g/mol
SMILES
[C-]#[Si+]PubChem CID 9863 · Wikidata Q412356 · InChIKey HBMJWWWQQXIZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N · Data refreshed
Questions
- What is Silicon carbide?
- Carborundum: harder than almost anything but diamond, the grit on wet-and-dry paper and the ceramic in brake discs and body armour.
- How toxic is Silicon carbide?
- Its GHS hazard label carries the signal word Danger and the hazard pictograms Flammable, Irritant and Health hazard. from source
- What kind of molecule is Silicon carbide?
- Silicon carbide has the formula CSi and a molecular weight of 40.096 g/mol. MoleculeFinder files it under hard mineral solids, in the element & material group. from sourcefrom sourcefrom sourcefrom source
- What else is Silicon carbide called?
- Silicon carbide is also called carbon silicide, Carborundum, silicon monocarbide and SiC. from source
Sources and notes
- Calculated valuescomputedPubChemComputed from the structure, so no laboratory conditions apply; complexity is PubChem's own structural score.
- Hazard labelfrom sourceECHA, EU CLP Regulation, Safe Work Australia via PubChemThe label combines these classifications.
- ECHAfrom sourceAttributionSource: European Chemicals Agency, echa.europa.eu.
- EU CLP Regulationfrom sourceAttributionSource: EUR-Lex, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, © European Union.
- Safe Work Australiafrom sourceAttributionSource: Safe Work Australia, Hazardous Chemical Information System, © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0.
- Data refreshedfrom sourceMoleculeFinder2026-11-09