Silica
Silicon dioxide, SiO2, in its crystalline and amorphous forms.
Also called silicon dioxide, SiO2.
How it connects
Silica is a kind of Mineral.
Silica includes Cristobalite and Quartz.
Other kinds of Mineral: Aluminium hydroxide, Barium sulfate, Calcium carbonate, Carbon black, Cementitious, Ceramic, Clay, Feldspar, Filler, Flame retardant additive, Glass, Gypsum, Jade, Mica, Mineral oxide, Mineral wool, Obsidian, Pigment, Plaster, Plasterboard, Sand, Silicon, Stone, Talc and Zinc sulfide.
In other taxonomies
- SilicaCAS Registry Number, 7631-86-9the same thing
- silica (mineral)Getty AAT, 300011131nearly the same
- silicon dioxideWikidata, Q116269nearly the same
- Uniclassno equivalent
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Record
- Also called
- silicon dioxide · SiO2
- Broader
- Mineral
- Narrower
- Cristobalite · Quartz
- Provenance
- authoredcomposition dictionary in a materials-retrieval system (src-05); in-house definition
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/silicaKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- broaderCristobaliteincoming
- narrowerMineralincoming
- broaderQuartzincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderMineraloutgoing
- narrowerCristobaliteoutgoing
- narrowerQuartzoutgoing
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Mineraloutgoing
- descendant (derived)Cristobaliteoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Quartzoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Aluminium hydroxideoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Barium sulfateoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Calcium carbonateoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Carbon blackoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Cementitiousoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Ceramicoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Clayoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Feldsparoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Filleroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Flame retardant additiveoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Glassoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Gypsumoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Jadeoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Micaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Mineral oxideoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Mineral wooloutgoing
- sibling (derived)Obsidianoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Pigmentoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Plasteroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Plasterboardoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Sandoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Siliconoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Stoneoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Talcoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Zinc sulfideoutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAS Registry Number | 7631-86-9 | Silica | the same thing |
| Getty AAT | 300011131 | silica (mineral) | nearly the same |
| Wikidata | Q116269 | silicon dioxide | nearly the same |
| Uniclass | no equivalent | searched 21 Oct 2026silica via https://uniclass.thenbs.com/search?query=silica&filter=status%3ACurrent | none |