selenide

[ sel-uh-nahyd, -nid ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. any compound in which bivalent selenium is combined with a positive element, as potassium selenide, K 2 Se, or with a group.

Word History and Origins

Origin of selenide¹

1840–50; selen(ium) + -ide ( def )

Example Sentences

Sixteen years later, Clarke and Hurtley also proved that selenhemoglobin may be made by passing hydrogen selenide into blood.

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Methyl selenide has some effect on the internal parts of the body.

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Diethyl selenide (C2H5)2Se, is a yellowish heavy oil of unpleasant odor.

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The selenide was collected and dried in an atmosphere of nitrogen, and then in a vacuum, in presence of phosphorus pentoxide.

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When thus prepared, sodium selenide was colorless, but on exposure to air it turns reddish and finally dark colored.

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