silane

See also: Silane

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌɪleɪn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪleɪn/

Noun

silane (plural silanes)

1. (chemistry) Any of a group of silicon hydrides that are analogous to alkanes (the paraffin hydrocarbons); especially the parent compound SiH₄
2. (inorganic chemistry) monosilane (SiH₄)
3. (organic chemistry) Any organic derivative of monosilane

Derived terms

Derived terms

• halosilane
• hydrosilane
• organosilane
• silane-modified polymer
• silanyl

• silyl, monosilanyl

Related terms

Related terms

• disilane
• disilene
• disilyne
• silene
• silenyl
• silyne
• silynyl

Translations

a silicon hydride that is analogous to alkanes

• Catalan: silà m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 硅烷 (zh) (guīwán)

• Kazakh: силан (silan)
• Portuguese: silano (pt) m

monosilane

• Czech: silan m, křemíkovodík m

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• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} silaan n
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} silano (it) m
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} silano m

See also

• alkane, the carbon analogs to silanes

Anagrams

• A-lines, Selina, aliens, alines, laines, lianes, lisena, saline, slaine