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Calcium monosilicide

Calcium monosilicide

Chemical compound


Calcium monosilicide (CaSi) is an inorganic compound, a silicide of calcium. It can be prepared by reacting elemental calcium and silicon at temperatures above 1000 °C.[3] It is a Zintl phase, where silicon has oxidation state −2 and covalence 2.

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  1. Haynes, William M., ed. (2011). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (92nd ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. p. 4.55. ISBN 1-4398-5511-0.
  2. Brauer, Georg (1975) Handbuch der Präparativen Anorganischen Chemie. Stuttgart. Vol. 1. p. 933. ISBN 3-432-02328-6.

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