Lexic.us

Definition of Nitride

1. Noun. A compound containing nitrogen and a more electropositive element (such as phosphorus or a metal).

Definition of Nitride

1. n. A binary compound of nitrogen with a more metallic element or radical; as, boric nitride.

Definition of Nitride

1. Noun. (chemistry) A compound of nitrogen where nitrogen has an oxidation state of ?3. ¹

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Definition of Nitride

1. to convert into a nitride (a compound of nitrogen) [v -TRIDED, -TRIDING, -TRIDES]

Medical Definition of Nitride

1. A binary compound of nitrogen with a more metallic element or radical; as, boric nitride. Origin: fromNitrogen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nitride

Literary usage of Nitride

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1894)
"On nitride of Iron. By GJ FOWLER, M.Sc. The best way of preparing nitride ... As will be seen from the results obtained, the nitride prepared as above has a ..."

2. Coal-tar and Ammonia by Georg Lunge (1916)
"by electrolysis from magnesium chloride, converts the chlorine liberated at the same time into HCl, and uses this to react on the magnesium nitride, ..."

3. A German-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1917)
"Stickstoff magnesium, m. magnesium nitride. Stickstoff m etall, n. metallic nitride. ... m. hydrogen nitride, nitrogen hydride (specif., ..."

4. Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry: A Course of Laboratory and Classroom Study by Arthur Alphonzo Blanchard, Joseph Warren Phelan (1922)
"PREPARATION 25 ALUM AND AMMONIA FROM ALUMINUM nitride The preparation of aluminum nitride, No. 13, illustrates one of the possibilities in the way of ..."

5. Laboratory Methods of Inorganic Chemistry by Heinrich Biltz, Wilhelm Biltz (1909)
"Calcium nitride. Place a small shaving of metallic calcium on an inverted porcelain cover and set fire to it with a match. ..."

6. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Andrew Miller (1873)
"Sulphuric ¡d dissolves this nitride easily with evolution both of hydrogen ... He 'ind the best mode of preparing this nitride, to which he tributes a ..."

7. Principles of Inorganic Chemistry by Harry Clary Jones (1906)
"ture in the presence of nitrogen, combines with it and forms the nitride. Boron nitride is an amorphous solid, very resistant to chemical reagents. ..."

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