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Nitride vs Mononitride - What's the difference?

nitride | mononitride |

As nouns the difference between nitride and mononitride

is that nitride is while mononitride is (inorganic chemistry) any nitride having a single nitrogen atom in each molecule or unit cell.

nitride

English

(wikipedia nitride)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) A compound of nitrogen where nitrogen has an oxidation state of ?3.

    • Derived terms

    * aluminium gallium nitride * aluminium nitride * beryllium nitride * beta carbon nitride * boron nitride * gallium nitride * hafnium nitride * indium gallium nitride * indium nitride * lithium nitride * magnesium nitride * oxynitride * strontium nitride * tetranitride * titanium nitride * uranium nitride * zirconium nitride ----

    mononitride

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (inorganic chemistry) Any nitride having a single nitrogen atom in each molecule or unit cell