halide

Other forms: halides

Definitions of halide

1. noun

   a salt of any halogen acid
   types:

   bromide

   any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs

   fluoride

   a chemical made of fluorine and sometimes another element, used to help prevent tooth decay

   iodide

   a salt or ester of hydriodic acid

   chloride

   any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion)

   tetrahalide

   any halide containing four halogen atoms in its molecules

   boron trifluoride

   a pungent colorless gas

   K-Dur 20, K-lor, K-lyte, Kaochlor, Klorvess, potash muriate, potassium chloride, potassium muriate

   salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency

   potassium iodide

   a crystalline salt in organic synthesis and in making photographic emulsions and in iodized table salt

   hydrogen bromide

   a colorless gas that yields hydrobromic acid in solution with water

   hydrogen fluoride

   a colorless poisonous corrosive liquid made by the action of sulphuric acid on calcium fluoride; solutions in water are hydrofluoric acid

   hydrogen iodide

   a colorless gas that yields hydroiodic acid in aqueous solution

   methyl bromide

   a poisonous gas or liquid (CH3Br) used to fumigate rodents, worms, etc.

   silver bromide

   a bromide that darkens when exposed to light; used in making photographic emulsions

   silver iodide

   an iodide that is used in photography, in seeding clouds to make rain, and in medicine

   stannous fluoride

   a white powder that is used to fluoridate toothpaste

   sodium iodide

   a crystalline salt used like potassium iodide

   sulfur hexafluoride, sulphur hexafluoride

   a colorless gas that is soluble in alcohol and ether; a powerful greenhouse gas widely used in the electrical utility industry

   type of:

   salt

   a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)