Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Silicon nitride is a chemical compound of the elements silicon and nitrogen with the formula Si3N4. It is a white high-melting-point solid that is relatively chemically inert being attacked by dilute HF and hot H2SO4. It is the most thermodynamically stable of the silicon nitrides. Hence Si3N4 is the most commercially important of the silicon nitrides and is generally understood as what is being referred to where the term silicon nitride is used.
