Silicon carbide ndebvu ndebvu dzecubic, dziri dzemhando yekristaro yakafanana nedhaimondi.Ndidzo ndebvu dzine kuoma kwepamusoro-soro, modulus yepamusoro, simba repamusoro-soro, uye inodzivirira kupisa kwepamusoro pakati pendebvu dzakagadzirwa.Kune marudzi maviri e-α-mhando uye β-mhando.Pakati pazvo, β-mhando yekushanda iri nani pane α-mhando uye ine kuomarara kwepamusoro (Mohs kuomarara kuri pamusoro pe9.5), kusimba kuri nani uye conductivity, kupfeka kusaga, kushomeka kwekushisa kwakanyanya, kunyanya kusagadzikana kwekudengenyeka kwenyika, Corrosion resistance uye radiation resistance yakashandiswa mu ndege uye missile housings, uyewo injini, yakakwirira tembiricha turbine rotors, uye anokosha zvikamu.
Silicon carbide ndebvu ndizvo zvakanakisa zvekusimbisa uye kuomesera zvesimbi-based, ceramic-based, uye polymer-based composite.