Green silicon carbide is smelted with salt as an additive. The smelted crystal has high purity and high hardness, and its hardness is between diamond and corundum. Green silicon carbide contains more than 99% SiC and has good self-sharpening properties. It is mostly used for processing hard alloys, titanium alloys and optical glass, and is also used for honing cylinder liners and fine grinding high-speed steel tools. In addition, there is cubic silicon carbide, which is a yellow-green crystal produced by a special process, and the abrasive tools used to manufacture are suitable for superfinishing of bearings.
Green silicon carbide is suitable for grinding copper, brass, aluminum, precious stones, optical glass, ceramics and other hard alloys, metals and hard and brittle non-metallic materials. Green silicon carbide can also be used in ceramic materials.