Silicon elemental halogens

Reaction with non-metallic elements, with the exceptions of nitrogen, oxygen, noble gases, silicon and halogens, usually oxidizes them to their highest oxidation states as acids with the formation of nitrogen dioxide for concentrated acid and nitric oxide for dilute acid. 

Crystalline silicon has a metallic luster and grayish color. Silicon is a relatively inert element, but it is attacked by halogens and dilute alkali. Most acids, except hydrofluoric, do not affect it. Elemental silicon transmits more than 95% of all wavelengths of infrared, from 1.3 to 6.y... 

The metal reacts directly with elemental carbon, nitrogen, boron, selenium, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur, and with halogens. 

Carbon forms binary compounds with most elements those with metals are considered in this section whilst those with H, the halogens, O, and the chalcogens are discussed in subsequent sections. Alkali metal fullerides and encapsulated (endohedral) metallafullerenes have already been considered (pp. 285, 288 respectively) and met-allacarbohedrenes (metcars) will be dealt with later in this section (p. 300). Silicon carbide is discussed on p. 334. General methods of preparation of metal carbides are ... 

Van Dyke, C. H. Synthesis and Properties of the Silicon-Halogen and Silicon-Halogenoid Bond in Organometallic Compounds of the Group IV Elements, MacDiarmid, A. G. (Ed.), Vol. 2, Part 1, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1972, p. 184... 

An important reaction of silicon compounds containing electronegative substituents, such as the halogens or a Group 15 or 16 element, is hydrolysis, which often occurs very readily even with atmospheric moisture. The primary reaction in silicone production is the hydrolysis of halosilanes, usually the readily available chlorosilanes, to give silanols, which then undergo acid-catalyzed condensation with loss of water, as shown in Scheme 1. 

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