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silicononane

silicononane noun: silicon tetraethyl.

Noun

silicononane (uncountable)

  1. Silicon tetraethyl.
    • Silicononane is not acted on by nitric acid or caustic alkalis[…]1931, William Henry Perkin, Frederic Stanley Kipping, Frederic Barry Kipping, Organic chemistry: Volume 1

Origin of silicononane

From silico- + nonane.

Questions about silicononane

What does silicononane mean?
Silicononane means silicon tetraethyl.
What part of speech is silicononane?
Silicononane is a noun.

Words near silicononane in the dictionary

  1. siliconize
  2. siliconized
  3. siliconizes
  4. siliconizing
  5. siliconlike
  6. silicononane
  7. siliconosis
  8. silicons
  9. silicophilous
  10. silicophosphate
  11. silicophosphates

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