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hydride

DEFINITIONS OF: hydride

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n any binary compound formed by the union of hydrogen and other elements

Types:
HN, azoimide, hydrazoic acid, hydrogen azide
a colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling
calcium hydride, hydrolith
a saltlike binary compound (CaH2) used as a reducing agent and source of hydrogen
sodium hydride
a flammable grey crystalline binary compound (NaH)
Type of:
binary compound
chemical compound composed of only two elements
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