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Electropositive vs Antimonide - What's the difference?

electropositive | antimonide |

As nouns the difference between electropositive and antimonide

is that electropositive is (dated|chemistry|physics) a body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis while antimonide is (inorganic chemistry) any compound of antimony with more electropositive elements.

As a adjective electropositive

is having a positive electric charge.

electropositive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having a positive electric charge
  • (chemistry) tending to release electrons to form a chemical bond

    • Antonyms

    * electronegative

    Related terms

    * electropositivity

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated, chemistry, physics) A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.

    • antimonide

    English

    (wikipedia antimonide)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (inorganic chemistry) Any compound of antimony with more electropositive elements.

    • Derived terms

    * cadmium antimonide * chromium antimonide * chromium diantimonide * cobalt antimonide * indium antimonide * yttrium antimonide * zinc antimonide