silicon tetrachloride

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noun

Chemistry.

a colorless, fuming liquid, SiCl 4 , used chiefly for making smoke screens and various derivatives of silicon.

Etymology

Origin of silicon tetrachloride

First recorded in 1865–70

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silicon tetrachloride

Like covalent silicon tetrachloride, both the titanium and vanadium tetrahalides react with water to give solutions containing the corresponding hydrohalic acids and the metal oxides:

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