electride
Noun
Meaning
electride (plural electrides)
(chemistry) An ionic compound in which an electron is the anion.
Examples
The conducting forms can be considered as Ln III electride compounds where the electron is delocalised into a conduction band, Ln 3+ (X − ) 2 (e − ).
They are either conventional salts or are Ln(III) " electride "-like salts.
Ytterbium metal behaves similarly to europium metal and the alkaline earth metals, dissolving in ammonia to form blue electride salts.