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.
Silica is now made chemically though it primarily used to be prepared though the use of quartz or flint directly. The actual ingredient is diluted down, and then what remains is a mother tincture that has virtually no real trace of silica at all.t also happens to be the source of many important elements found in nature. If youâve never heard of it as silica, chances are that youâve heard of it as rock crystal or even quartz. This mineral is what most rocks are composed of.