silicide
[sil-uh-sahyd, -sid]
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noun Chemistry.
a compound of two elements, one of which is silicon.
Origin of silicide
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Carborundum, or silicide of carbon, is largely superseding emery and diamond dust as an abradant.
The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.Edward W. Byrn
It combines with iron to form a silicide; and is present in this condition in cast iron.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
The most important one is carborundum, which is a silicide of carbon of the formula CSi.
An Elementary Study of ChemistryWilliam McPherson
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