Silicon hydrides are called:

silicones

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silicates

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silicides

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silanes

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Solution

The correct option is D silanes
Silicones are organo-silicon polymers that have $R_{2} S i O$ as a repeating unit whereas silicates are compounds having the repeating unit as $S i O_{4}^{4 -}$ .

A silicide is a compound that has silicon with (usually) more electropositive elements.

Silanes are silicon-hydrogen compounds.

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