Mayor Robert Garcia and City Manager Patrick H. West presented the City of Long Beachâs Proposed Fiscal Year 2017 Budget. View the Budget.
Silica Defined. Silica is another name for the chemical compound silicon dioxide. Each unit of silica includes one atom of silicon and two atoms of oxygen. If you have never heard of silica before, you might be surprised to hear that you probably come into contact with it every day.
Full Definition of SILICA. : the dioxide of silicon SiO2 occurring in crystalline, amorphous, and impure forms (as in quartz, opal, and sand respectively). the dioxide of silicon SiO2 that is used as an ingredient of simethicone and that occurs naturally in crystalline, amorphous, and impure forms (as in quartz, opal, and sand respectively)âcalled also silicon dioxide.