Classify each of the following as a component of a silicate ceramic, an oxide ceramic, or a nonoxide ceramic. a. B₄C

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Hey everyone in this example, we're given three categories of ceramics and we need to classify aluminum carbide as one of the three classes. So we would go ahead and automatically rule out one of the categories which would be the oxide ceramic because we have no oxygen in aluminum carbide. We also want to recognize that we do not have silicate, which we recognize as the poly atomic ion S. I. 044 minus. Sorry, that should be a L four C three. So we can go ahead and also rule out the category of silicate ceramics. So that leaves us with the only category left, which would be a non oxide ceramic. So we would say therefore aluminum carbide is a non oxide ceramic and this would be the category that our aluminum carbide fits in as our final answer. So I hope that everything I explained was clear. If you have any questions, please leave them down below and I will see everyone in the next practice video.