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.
Silicon is a chemical element. It is not generally found by itself but as a part of chemical compounds. Silica is silicon dioxide, a particular chemical compound that contains silicon. However, silica is not particularly bioavailalble. The silicon compound that's bio available when taken as a supplement is orthosilicic acid.