moissanite

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发音

US /ˈmɔi.sə.nait/

词形变化

moissanites 复数 moissanites

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Crystalline silicon carbide with various crystalline polymorphs, either naturally-occurring or synthetic.

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    可数 不可数 化学 地质

    A new diamond simulant that is harder to detect than current simulants will debut in early 1997, The material -- synthetic moissanite -- is thermally conductive like diamond, readering conventional testers obsolete for this characteristic.

词源

From Moissan + -ite; the mineral form of silicon carbide was named moissanite in honor of chemist Henri Moissan.^([1]) ².

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