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What does hydride mean?

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Noun
  1. (chemistry) A compound of hydrogen with a more electropositive element.
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The light oil contains the most hydride of benzoyl, and the heavy oil the most benzoin.
The hydride is a complex alloy of rare-earth elements and other metals that may be decomposed and reformed reversibly.
Before that, nickel-metal hydride batteries were preferred for many applications.
Examples of such batteries are: alkali-manganese, zinc-carbon, nickel-metal hydride and nickel-cadmium batteries.
Lithium aluminum hydride is an important reducing agent in organic chemistry.
One of the problems with metal hydride is that the stored hydrogen is chemically bound to the metal.

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