selenide

American  

[sel-uh-nahyd, -nid] / ˈsɛl əˌnaɪd, -nɪd /

noun

Chemistry.

1. any compound in which bivalent selenium is combined with a positive element, as potassium selenide, K 2 Se, or with a group.

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Etymology

Origin of selenide

1840–50; selen(ium) + -ide ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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selenide

The material used in the experiment, bismuth selenide, displayed especially unusual behavior.

From Science Daily ● May 24, 2026

That is how closely the manganese sulfide curve matches the germanium selenide one, this reviewer said.

From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

China’s controls, to take effect from August 1, will apply to eight gallium-related products: gallium antimonide, gallium arsenide, gallium metal, gallium nitride, gallium oxide, gallium phosphide, gallium selenide and indium gallium arsenide.

From Reuters ● Jul. 4, 2023

So, in their current study, Kanatzidis and his colleagues came up with a way to use heat to drive any oxygen away from the powdery precursors, leaving pristine polycrystalline tin selenide.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 2, 2021

Two selenides of boron, B2Se3 and B4Se, corresponding to the above described sulphides, have also been prepared by M. Sabatier, by heating amorphous boron in a stream of hydrogen selenide, H2Se.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 by Various

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