"Silicon Dioxide" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Transparent, tasteless crystals found in nature as agate, amethyst, chalcedony, cristobalite, flint, sand, QUARTZ, and tridymite. The compound is insoluble in water or acids except hydrofluoric acid.
| Descriptor ID |
D012822
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.578.750 D01.650.550.825 D01.837.725
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| Concept/Terms |
Silicon Dioxide- Silicon Dioxide
- Dioxide, Silicon
- Tridymite
- Silica
- Cristobalite
- Sand
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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