Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.

Silicon dioxide also known as silica (from the Latin silex) is a chemical compound that is a dioxide of silicon with the chemical formula SiO2. It has been known since ancient times. Silica is most commonly found in nature as quartz as well as in various living organisms Silica is one of the most complex and most abundant families of materials existing both as several minerals and being produced synthetically.

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