arsenide

American  

[ahr-suh-nahyd, -nid] / ˈɑr səˌnaɪd, -nɪd /

noun

Chemistry.

1. a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag 3 As.

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arsenide British  

/ ˈɑːsəˌnaɪd /

noun

1. a compound in which arsenic is the most electronegative element

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Etymology

Origin of arsenide

1860–65; arsen- + -ide ( def. )

Example Sentences

Perovskites are a type of semiconductor, but they behave very differently from traditional materials like silicon and gallium arsenide.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

"There is a dramatic change in the lattice when you shine light on it, a unique phenomenon that you don't see with silicon or gallium arsenide," Leite said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

To do this, the researchers replaced a traditional dot projector with a low-power laser and a flat gallium arsenide surface, significantly reducing the imaging device's size and power consumption.

From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2024

At the nearby UCSB, Young is taking a wholly different route to Majorana quasiparticles, one that revives the fractional quantum Hall effect, but in graphene instead of gallium arsenide.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 20, 2023

Define sulphide, phosphide, arsenide, carbide, bromide, iodide, fluoride.

From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips