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arsenide

American  
[ahr-suh-nahyd, -nid] / ˈɑr səˌnaɪd, -nɪd /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag 3 As.


arsenide British  
/ ˈɑːsəˌnaɪd /

noun

  1. a compound in which arsenic is the most electronegative element

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Etymology

Origin of arsenide

1860–65; arsen- + -ide ( def. )

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The final layer is an extremely thin sheet of indium gallium arsenide.

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For more than a decade, boron arsenide has intrigued scientists.

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In 1982, scientists discovered the fractional quantum Hall effect in heterostructures of gallium arsenide, where a gas of electrons confined in a two-dimensional plane is placed under high magnetic fields.

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The Dortmund physicists led by Dr. Alex Greilich have now designed a special crystal made of indium gallium arsenide, in which the nuclear spins act as a reservoir for the time crystal.

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To do this, the researchers replaced a traditional dot projector with a low-power laser and a flat gallium arsenide surface, significantly reducing the imaging device's size and power consumption.

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