silicide
Sign in to save200px|Structure of titanium disilicide (Ti = white spheres).|thumb|right A silicide is a type of chemical compound that combines silicon and a usually more electropositive element.
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- Structure
- Preparation and reactivity
- Alkali and alkaline earth metals
- Transition metals and other elements
- Applications
- List (incomplete)
- See also
- References
200px|Structure of titanium disilicide (Ti = white spheres).|thumb|right A silicide is a type of chemical compound that combines silicon and a usually more electropositive element.
Silicon is more electropositive than carbon. In terms of their physical properties, silicides are structurally closer to borides than to carbides. Because of size differences however silicides are not isostructural with borides and carbides.