: a compound of hydrogen with a more electropositive element or group
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The debris came from a pallet released from the ISS containing aging nickel hydride batteries.
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Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 24 June 2024
Last month, the 5,800 pounds of nickel hydride batteries finally plummeted back to Earth.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 16 Apr. 2024
Now Toyota has developed its first modern BEV, using lithium-ion (rather than nickel-metal hydride), called the bZ4x.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 19 May 2023
After the retraction by Physical Review Letters, most of the authors of the lutetium hydride paper concluded that the research from their paper was flawed too.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023
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Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 24 June 2024
Last month, the 5,800 pounds of nickel hydride batteries finally plummeted back to Earth.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 16 Apr. 2024
Now Toyota has developed its first modern BEV, using lithium-ion (rather than nickel-metal hydride), called the bZ4x.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 19 May 2023
After the retraction by Physical Review Letters, most of the authors of the lutetium hydride paper concluded that the research from their paper was flawed too.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023
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“Hydride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydride. Accessed 18 Sep. 2024.
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