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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