silicon nitride

noun

An inorganic polymer, of empirical formula Si₃N₄, used in ceramics and some transistors.

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nounsilicon nitride (plural silicon nitrides)

plural silicon nitrides

  1. chemistryAn inorganic polymer, of empirical formula Si₃N₄, used in ceramics and some transistors.

    This process provides an unpatternable sheet of silicon nitride that electrically isolates the devices […]

    2005, Paolo Dario, Raja Chatila, Robotics Research: The Eleventh International Symposium, page 506

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