trichlorosilane

noun

tri·​chlo·​ro·​silane

"+

: a fuming flammable mobile liquid SiHCl₃ made usually by heating silicon in hydrogen chloride and used in making organosilicon compounds

called also silicochloroform

Word History

Etymology

trichlor- + silane

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