silico-methane

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silico-methane - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Silicide \Sil"i*cide\, n. (Chem.)
     A binary compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary. [R.]
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     Hydrogen silicide (Chem.), a colorless, spontaneously
        inflammable gas, SiH4, produced artifically from
        silicon, and analogous to methane; -- called also
        silico-methane, silicon hydride, and formerly
        siliciureted hydrogen.
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