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Monosilicide vs Silicone - What's the difference?

monosilicide | silicone |

As nouns the difference between monosilicide and silicone

is that monosilicide is (inorganic chemistry) any silicide that has a single silicon atom per molecule or unit cell while silicone is .

monosilicide

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (inorganic chemistry) Any silicide that has a single silicon atom per molecule or unit cell
  • silicone

    Noun

  • (chemistry) Any of a class of inert, semi-inorganic polymeric compounds (polysiloxanes), that have a wide range of thermal stability and extreme water repellence, used in a very wide range of industrial applications, and in prosthetic replacements for body parts
  • Derived terms

    * siliconed * silicone grease * siliconing * silicone rubber

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