deuteride

Noun

Meaning

deuteride (plural deuterides)

(chemistry) Any hydride in which normal hydrogen is replaced by deuterium.

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Related terms

deuterium deuteron

Examples

The scientists used a pyroelectric crystal heated from −34 to 7 °C (−29 to 45 °F), combined with a tungsten needle to produce an electric field of about 25 gigavolts per meter to ionize and accelerate deuterium nuclei into an erbium deuteride target. Source: Internet

In America, J. Robert Oppenheimer thought that a cube of uranium deuteride 10 cm on a side (about 11 kg of uranium) might "blow itself to hell." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

deuteration deuteriation deuteric deuterium deuterium bottleneck deuterium bromide