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silica fume [′sil·ə·kə ‚fyüm]

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A fine-particulate waste product of electric-arc furnaces, consisting primarily of amorphous (noncrystalline) silicon dioxide, its most important use is in the production of high-strength concrete. Also know as microsilica.

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