silicon dioxide
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- silicon-dioxide adjective
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The pair studied ways to replace silicon dioxide, the dominant gate material at the time, which leaked too much current when devices became very small.
From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026
These values surpass those of commonly used materials such as silicon dioxide and hexagonal boron nitride.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2024
Initially, the silicon wafer, which was topped by a thick layer of silicon dioxide, seemed to prevent diamond growth.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 24, 2024
Yet the silicon-based equivalent is silicon dioxide, which is basically little more than sand, Shostak explained, listing quartz as an example.
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2023
When sodium and calcium silicates, together with silicon dioxide, are heated to a very high temperature, the mixture slowly fuses to a transparent liquid, which on cooling passes into the solid called glass.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
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