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How is silicon carbide prepared? Write one of its uses.

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Heating the mixture of silicon and coke in an electric furnace.
`Si + C Rightarrow SiC`
Silicon carbide is used in :
(i) Cutting and grinding tools,
(ii) Polishing granite.
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