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  • noun organic chemistry Any organic derivative of a silane containing at least one carbon to silicon bond

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Examples

  • One of the drawbacks, the team reports, is the high cost of the organosilane starting materials.

    New Catalyst Extracts Hydrogen from Water | Impact Lab 2005

  • “The big question is, of course, whether it would be economically viable to create organosilane fuels in the quantities necessary to power a world full of fuel-cell cars,” Abu-Omar says.

    New Catalyst Extracts Hydrogen from Water | Impact Lab 2005

  • A method for application to the skin of aqueous compositions containing antimicrobial organosilane quaternary ammonium compounds, which remain on the skin, are substantive to it and reduce or eliminate bacteria, viruses and fungi present and prevent future contamination by their presence and substantive character.

    TreeHugger 2009

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