arseniden.
/ˈɑːs(ə)nʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈɑrs(ə)ˌnaɪd/ Chemistry.
A binary compound of arsenic with a metal, hydrogen, or an organic radical.
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arsenic?a1425
yellow arsenic1598
arsenic glass1738
arsenious oxide1809
arsenicane1812
arseniuret1813
arsenide1830
sulpharsenite1859
trimethyl-arsine1866
hydrogen arsenide1868
sperrylite1889
1830 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 18 342 The arsenide of lime is to be dried, mixed with boracic acid and charcoal, placed in a glass tube, and heated over a strong flame.
1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. (1872) I. 397 Arsenides of ethyl.
1940 G. H. J. Adlam & L. S. Price Higher School Certificate Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) xlii. 413 Hydrogen arsenide is obtained by the action of nascent hydrogen on any compound of arsenic.
2014 Times (Nexis) 17 Sept. (Business section) 48 It is a market leader in the production of gallium arsenide wafers and about four fifths of production goes to chip makers for the wireless industry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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