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silicon

 [sil´ĭ-kon]
a chemical element, atomic number 14, atomic weight 28.086, symbol Si. (See Appendix 6.)
silicon dioxide silica.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

sil·i·ca

(sil'i-kă),
The chief constituent of sand, hence of glass.
[Mod. L. fr. L. silex (silic-), flint]
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silicon dioxide

n.
Silica.
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sil·i·ca

(sil'i-kă)
The chief constituent of sand, hence of glass.
Synonym(s): silicon dioxide.
[Mod. L. fr. L. silex (silic-), flint]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

sil·i·ca

(sil'i-kă)
The chief constituent of sand, hence of glass.
Synonym(s): silicon dioxide.
[Mod. L. fr. L. silex (silic-), flint]
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
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Geographically, the global silicon dioxide market has been divided into Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America, Latin America, and the Middle East & Africa.
The surface property of the hybrid membrane of carboxymethyl chitosan and silicon dioxide was characterized by a SEM (JEOL, JSM-5800, Japan) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in pressed KBr pellets (FTIR-4200, Jasco, Japan).
Because the refractive index of silicon dioxide (around 1.45) is smaller than that of silicon, the reflectance with a coating is always lower than that of bare silicon (Figures.B.1).
Chiou, "Optical and mechanical properties of reactively sputtered silicon dioxide films," Semiconductor Science and Technology, vol.
The grey powder consists of silicon dioxide mixed with a blend of 12 metal oxides, aluminium, iron and magnesium among them.
The best end product so far, using 30% keratin by weight, has a lower dielectric constant than conventional semiconductor insulator materials such as silicon dioxide or polyimides.
Once the photoresist is patterned, it is used to pattern the silicon dioxide film by a 2 min wet etch in a 6% buffered HF oxide etch solution, then rinsed and dried.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has reportedly certified Meggitt Safety Systems' engine fire warning system Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) engine cables for use on the Boeing 737 Next Generation (NG) family of commercial aircraft.
The company replaced the usual silicon dioxide in the transistor gate dielectric with nitrided hafnium silicate (HfSiON), a high dielectric constant (high-k) material, and confirmed its performance.
(Interesting tidbit--the first stirrings of life perhaps needed only shallow pools of water in titanium-rich sand; today sand or silicon dioxide is the stuff out of which computer chips are made--nature has come full circle.) Time and again the author notes that the development of complex compounds necessary for life depends upon the linking together of the appropriate elements.
A sandy beach is really trillions of tiny grains of two substances: quartz, a hard mineral composed of the chemical compound silicon dioxide; and a compound called calcium carbonate that comes from seashells.
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