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nitride

[ nahy-trahyd, -trid ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.


nitride

/ ˈnaɪtraɪd /

noun

  1. a compound of nitrogen with a more electropositive element, for example magnesium nitride, Mg 3 N 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nitride1

1840–50; nitr- + -ide ( def )
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Example Sentences

It combines directly with nitrogen, when heated in the gas, to form the nitride Mg3N2 (see Argon).

It is a white solid which decomposes on heating into boron nitride and ammonia.

After fusion, the melt is well washed with dilute hydrochloric acid and then with water, the nitride remaining as a white powder.

But if the metal contains nitride, chlorine attacks it at the ordinary temperature.

It burns on ignition in air, and when strongly heated in an atmosphere of nitrogen it forms lithium nitride, Li3N.

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