hydride

American  

[hahy-drahyd, -drid] / ˈhaɪ draɪd, -drɪd /

noun

1. a binary compound formed by hydrogen and another, usually more electropositive, element or group, as sodium hydride, NaH, or methyl hydride, CH 4 .

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hydride British  

/ ˈhaɪdraɪd /

noun

1. any compound of hydrogen with another element, including ionic compounds such as sodium hydride (NaH), covalent compounds such as borane (B 2 H 6 ), and the transition metal hydrides formed when certain metals, such as palladium, absorb hydrogen

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hydride Scientific  

/ hī′drīd′ /

1. A compound of hydrogen with another element or radical.

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Etymology

Origin of hydride

First recorded in 1840–50; hydr- ² + -ide ( def. )

Example Sentences

The splintered fluorine atoms, the researchers report, are safely sequestered by reacting them with potassium hydride in solution to form potassium fluoride, a nontoxic ingredient in toothpaste.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 20, 2024

"This work shows that with the right functionality -- here, zinc hydride sites -- rapid, reversible, high-capacity capture of CO2 can indeed be accomplished at high temperatures such as 300 C."

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2024

Rohde, Long and their colleagues are exploring variants of this metal hydride MOF to see what other gases they can adsorb, and also modifications that will allow such materials to adsorb even more CO2.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2024

To herd them into a beam a few micrometers across, they would pass through a low-density material such as lithium hydride or liquid hydrogen.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 27, 2024

Columbium hydride, CbH, is obtained as a greyish metallic powder, when the double fluoride, CbF5, 2KF, is reduced with sodium.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various