Continental used silica for the very first time in its tread compounds for car tires. The properties of this filler ...

These silica-rich particles formed in artificial seawater media that was undersaturated with respect to crystalline and amorphous silica, suggestive of biological influence on their formation.

RECENT work on opal-phytoliths 1–4 has led to searches for these microscopic bodies of amorphous silica in the body of a sheep. This is a typically herbivorous animal that ingests significant ...

A recent review provides a detailed comparison of gypsum and silica scaling in membrane desalination, shedding light on their unique formation ...