Silicon plus water is subjected to gamma radiation. What happens?

If there are any chemists here I’d also like to know how much silane is produced.

In what form is the silicon, elemental? Is it in large chunks, or a fine powder?

Most likely, the answer is “absolutely nothing”.

Tell that to Flint Marko, a.k.a. Sandman.

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I assume you’re trying to get the water to disassociate into H[sup]+[/sup] and O[sup]-2[/sup] and then react with a freed Si[sup]-4[/sup] to create SiH[sub]4[/sub].

You’d be better off putting the silicon into a hydrogen atmosphere and hoping to break a Si-Si bond. Otherwise the oxygen in your water bath reaction is going create SiO[sub]2[/sub] far more often than any SI-H reaction.

I don’t know but Fox and Disney are arguing over the film rights.