In the year 1824, a Swedish scientist named Jons Berzelius discovered this compound and told the whole world about its presence and significance. However, this was present in the world from the very inception of time, but the major fame came after it was discovered.

　　Another name for this compound is Silicon Dioxide, and its chemical identity is SiO2. As the chemical formula for this compound suggests, it is made up of atoms of oxygen and silicon. This can majorly be found in the sand all over the world. Many industries such as the pharmaceutical industry, food industry, and electrical industry use this compound to manufacture and finish their end products.

　　This compound, however, is not able to conduct electricity and has a melting point of 1713 Celsius. This is a compound and happens to be an oxide of Silicon primarily. It comes into existence by a chemical chain of reactions between oxygen and silicon atoms.