arsenide

noun

ar·se·nide ˈär-sə-ˌnīd

: a binary compound of arsenic with a more electropositive element

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Physicist Tony Kent and his colleagues at the University of Nottingham in England managed to create such an amplifier from a thin, layered lattice made of two semiconductors, gallium arsenide and aluminum arsenide. —

Laurie Rich, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2010 But there’s still a long way to go until cubic boron arsenide can be used outside of the lab. —

Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2022 According to the July study, cubic boron arsenide conducts heat ten times better than silicon. —

Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2022 The materials the company is using are relatively unusual: aluminum as the superconducting wire and indium arsenide as the semiconductor that surrounds it. —

John Timmer, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2022 Ordinary laser pointers have a chip containing aluminum gallium arsenide phosphide, and emit a red beam at a wavelength of 670 nanometers. —

Josh Mchugh, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2001

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