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Metallurgical Silicon Carbide

Metallurgical Silicon Carbide technical grades and source-listed specifications for customer review.

Metallurgical silicon carbide SiC 88 granules, 0–10 mm

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Metallurgical Silicon Carbide is listed in GWECO’s Industrial & Refractory Materials Catalog, Revision 4 (October 2026), under Silicon Carbide.

Source-listed technical profiles: SiC 88; SiC 75.

Contact GWECO with the required grade, particle size, quantity and delivery destination to confirm current availability, packaging and shipment requirements.

Source-listed sizes

SiC 88: 0–10 mm

SiC 75: 0–10 mm

Source-listed size options; current availability requires inquiry.

Source-reported applications

SiC 88 — Reported applications: Foundry alloying and deoxidizing for gray, malleable and ductile iron and steel; supports furnace-lining life and reduction of metal oxides in slag.

SiC 75 — Reported applications: Foundry alloying and exothermic agent for gray, malleable and ductile iron and steel; deoxidizing, furnace-lining life and reduction of metal oxides in slag.

Source-listed packaging

SiC 88: 1 MT big bag

SiC 75: 1 MT big bag

Source-reported packaging; confirm requirements with GWECO.

GWECO did not perform the original testing. Source-reported results do not certify any particular shipment or production lot. Confirm current availability and shipment requirements with GWECO.

Available grades and sizes

SiC 88: 0–10 mm

SiC 75: 0–10 mm

Technical specifications

Source-listed sizes — SiC 88

Source-listed size / fraction
Packaging
0–10 mm
1 MT big bag

SUPPLIER CHEMICAL SPECIFICATION

Constituent
Supplier specification
SiC (%)
≥88.0
Si (%)
≥61.6
C (%)
≥26.4
Free C (%)
≤4.0
SiO₂ (%)
≤4.0
Moisture (%)
≤1.0

GRANULOMETRY — 0–10 mm

Size / mesh designation
Supplier requirement
0–10 mm
≥90%

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Property

SiC 88

Packaging: 1 MT big bag

Reported applications: Foundry alloying and deoxidizing for gray, malleable and ductile iron and steel; supports furnace-lining life and reduction of metal oxides in slag.

Source-listed options; confirm current availability with GWECO.

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