nitride

[ nahy-trahyd, -trid ]

/ ˈnaɪ traɪd, -trɪd /

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noun Chemistry.

a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.

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Origin of nitride

1840–50; nitr- + -ide

Words nearby nitride

nitre, nitric, nitric acid, nitric bacteria, nitric oxide, nitride, nitriding, nitriding steel, nitrification, nitrifier, nitrify

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How to use nitride in a sentence

It combines directly with nitrogen, when heated in the gas, to form the nitride Mg3N2 (see Argon).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 3|Various
It is a white solid which decomposes on heating into boron nitride and ammonia.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3|Various
After fusion, the melt is well washed with dilute hydrochloric acid and then with water, the nitride remaining as a white powder.
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But if the metal contains nitride, chlorine attacks it at the ordinary temperature.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, December 1899|Various

It burns on ignition in air, and when strongly heated in an atmosphere of nitrogen it forms lithium nitride, Li3N.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 7|Various

British Dictionary definitions for nitride

nitride

/ (ˈnaɪtraɪd) /

noun

a compound of nitrogen with a more electropositive element, for example magnesium nitride, Mg 3 N 2

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