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

Word History and Origins

Origin of nitride¹

1840–50; nitr- + -ide ( def )

Example Sentences

These values surpass those of commonly used materials such as silicon dioxide and hexagonal boron nitride.

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Instead, they use iron and nitrogen to make iron nitride magnets.

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The researchers devised a process of heating carbon nitride to the required degree of crystallinity, maximising the functional properties of this material for photocatalysis.

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However, some of the newer 2D materials such as boron nitrides, transition metal dichalcogenides, phosphenes and MXenes have not yet been investigated much, Wick points out; further investigations were needed here.

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Rice researchers focused on graphene, which is made up of carbon atoms, and hexagonal boron nitride, a material with a similar structure to graphene but composed of boron and nitrogen atoms.

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