mononitride
Noun
Meaning
mononitride (plural mononitrides)
(inorganic chemistry) Any nitride having a single nitrogen atom in each molecule or unit cell
Examples
Pnictides (group 15) All of the lanthanides form a mononitride, LnN, with the rock salt structure.
Uranium nitrides obtained by direct exposure of the metal to nitrogen include uranium mononitride (UN), uranium dinitride ( UNmain ), and diuranium trinitride ( Umain Nmain ).