Definition of Selenide

1. n. A binary compound of selenium, or a compound regarded as binary; as, ethyl selenide.

Definition of Selenide

1. Noun. (chemistry) any compound in which selenium serves as an anion with an oxidation number of -2 ¹

2. Noun. (chemistry) any organic compound of general formula RSeR (R not = H) analogous to the ethers ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Selenide

1. a compound of selenium [n -S]

Medical Definition of Selenide

1. A binary compound of selenium, or a compound regarded as binary; as, ethyl selenide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Selenide

selen-
selenane
selenate
selenate reductase
selenates
selenatian
selene unguium
selenecentric
selenenic
selenenic acid
selenhydric
selenhydric acid
selenian
selenic
selenic acid
selenide (current term)
selenides
seleniferous
seleninic
seleninic acid
selenio-
selenious
selenite
selenites
selenitian
selenitic
selenitical
selenium
selenium cell
selenium compounds

Literary usage of Selenide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1898)
"BY bringing ammonia and hydrogen selenide together ... The solution was saturated with hydrogen selenide gas. The resulting liquid, deep red in color, ..."

2. First Outlines of a Dictionary of Solubilities of Chemical Substances by Frank Humphreys Storer (1864)
"The metallic selenide« are more reedily dissolved by nitric acid than the pure ... selenide OF BARIUM. Soluble in warm water, but undergoes a decomposition ..."

3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1900)
"The blackish-grey selenide is crystalline, the yellow selenide is amorphous. If we add a small quantity of hydrochloric acid to the solution of acetate of ..."

4. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1855)
"The vapour of selenide of cacodyl passed through a red-hot glass tube, deposits a ring ... selenide of cacodyl exposed to the air, takes up oxygen and forms ..."

5. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"Finely powdered selenide of potassium mixed to the consistence of a thick ... Joy obtains the compound by distilling selenide of potassium with aqueous ..."

6. Radium, and Other Radio-active Substances: Polonium, Actinium, and Thorium by William Joseph Hammer (1903)
"... as a selenide of silver and copper in Sweden and Chili; ... a selenide of copper and thallium with a little silver, from Norway; ..."

7. Metallurgy: The Art of Extracting Metals from Their Ores by John Percy (1880)
"Del Eio states that another kind of selenide of silver is found at ... in Mexico, crystallized in hexagonal plates.9 selenide OF SILVER AND COPPER. ..."

8. Metallurgy: The Art of Extracting Metals from Their Ores by John Percy (1880)
"It occurs in thin plates, granular »nd massive, along with selenide of lead ... Del Hio states that another kind of selenide of silver is found at Tasco, ..."

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