The uses of silica are as follows:
1. Metallurgical industry: mainly used for manufacturing refractory materials, silicon bricks, smelting silicon alloys and as fluxes. Crystalline silicon can be made from pure silica. Crystalline silicon is the main raw material for producing monocrystalline silicon, and can also be used to produce silicon aluminum and organic silicon;
2. Glass industry: silica is the main raw material for making glass. Silica can be used as ordinary and optical glass. Pure silica can be melted into high-quality technical glass. Refractory brick can be used as lining of glass furnace;
3. Construction industry: can be used as an important building cornerstone. Crushed stone can be used as road filling stone and railway ballast, sand and asphalt can be mixed to pave roads, and quartz can also be used as correction material for Portland cement;
4. Chemical industry: silica can be used to produce various silicides, silicates and nitrates, and can be used as filler in acid resistant sulfuric acid tower if the quality is good;
5. Grinding industry: Quartzite and quartz sandstone can be used to make grinding stone, oilstone, sandpaper, silicon carbonate and other grinding materials; Quartz sand is also mostly used for sawing stones, polishing glass, grinding metal products and the surface of stone products, and quartz is also used to polish jewelry;
6. Other industries: It can be used as raw material for enamel and ceramics. The high-quality ones are widely used in the radio industry, ultrasonic technology, modern national defense and cutting-edge technology.