deuteride

[ doo-tuh-rahyd, -ter-id, dyoo- ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a hydride in which deuterium takes the place of ordinary hydrogen.

deuteride

/ ˈdjuːtəˌraɪd /

noun

1. a compound of deuterium with some other element. It is analogous to a hydride

Word History and Origins

Origin of deuteride¹

deuter(ium) + -ide

Example Sentences

Each contained not only a conventional spherical atom bomb at its tip, but also a 13-pound rod of plutonium inside a 300-pound compartment filled with the hydrogen isotope lithium-6 deuteride.

From National Geographic

Drozdov et al. observed this isotope effect and found that, compared with the lanthanum hydride samples, the critical temperature in lanthanum deuteride samples is lower by almost exactly the amount predicted by the theory.

From Nature

The Iranian papers repeatedly mention a specific substance used for making neutron initiators: uranium deuteride.

From New York Times

Most every piece of the plane was accounted for except, most notably, a secondary stage cylinder of uranium and lithium deuteride – the nuclear fuel components of one of the bombs.

From Scientific American

One layer might consist of fissile material, such as enriched uranium, and the next might be fusion fuel, usually in the form of lithium deuteride.

From The New Yorker