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Nitrile vs Nitride - What's the difference?

nitrile | nitride |

In chemistry terms the difference between nitrile and nitride

is that nitrile is any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyano functional group -C≡N while nitride is a compound of nitrogen where nitrogen has an oxidation state of −3.

nitrile

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia nitrile)
  • (chemistry) any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyano functional group -C?N

    • Derived terms

    * acrylonitrile * nitrile rubber * phosphonitrile ----

    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 ----