Kāpena silika ʻōmaʻomaʻoʻO ka pauka kahi mea abrasive kiʻekiʻe i hoʻohana ʻia no nā noi like ʻole e like me ka polishing a me ka sandblasting. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia no kona ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī, ka mana ʻokiʻoki hoihoi, a me ka ikaika ʻoi aku. ʻO kekahi o nā hoʻohana mua okalapona silika ʻōmaʻomaʻoʻO ka pauda i loko o nā hana abrasive.
Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia noponi ananā metala a me nā ʻili paʻa ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka paʻakikī o ka silicon carbide hiki iā ia ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi a wehe i nā hemahema, nā ʻōpala, a me nā burrs, e waiho ana i kahi hoʻopau maikaʻi a poni. Hoʻohana maʻamau ia no ka hoʻoliʻi ʻana i nā pōhaku makamae, aniani, seramika, a me nā metala.
ʻO kahi noi ʻē aʻe o ka pauka carbide silika ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ka sandblasting. He mea abrasive kūpono nohoʻohuehue ʻanama muli o kāna hana ʻoki ʻoki a me ka lōʻihi kiʻekiʻe. Ke hoʻohana ʻia i ka sandblasting, hiki i ka pauka silicon carbide ʻōmaʻomaʻo ke wehe i ka ʻōpala, pena, unahi, a me nā mea haumia ʻē aʻe mai ka ʻili, e hoʻomākaukau ana iā lākou no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou a i ʻole nā uhi. ʻO ka holoʻokoʻa, ʻo ka pauka silicon carbide ʻōmaʻomaʻo kiʻekiʻe he mea abrasive hilinaʻi i hoʻohana nui ʻia noka poni a me ke onenā noi. ʻO kona paʻakikī, hiki ke ʻoki, a me kona ikaika, he koho maikaʻi loa ia no ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hoʻopau kiʻekiʻe ma nā ʻano like ʻole.