SILANE


Meaning of SILANE in English

/sil"ayn/ , n. Chem.

1. Also called silicon tetrahydride . a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.

2. any of a class of silicon hydrides analogous to the alkanes.

[ Silan (1916); see SILICON, -ANE ]

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