Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Trivalent nitrogen, or a compound of nitrogen, especially a binary compound of nitrogen with a more electropositive element.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A compound of nitrogen with any other element or radical, particularly a compound of nitrogen with phosphorus, boron, silicon, or a metal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A binary compound of nitrogen with a more metallic element or radical.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry A
compound ofnitrogen where nitrogen has anoxidation state of −3.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a compound containing nitrogen and a more electropositive element (such as phosphorus or a metal)
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Examples
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Using a technique called oblique angle deposition, the researchers deposited silica nanorods at an angle of precisely 45 degrees on top of a thin film of aluminum nitride, which is a semiconducting material used in advanced light-emitting diodes (LEDs).
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The sensors work by joining different reactive substances with the semiconductor gallium nitride, which is commonly used in amplifiers in cell phones, power grid transmission equipment, etc.,
CNET News.com 2010
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If you want the best corrosion resistance might look at titanium actions or guns with sputtered ceramic coatings (TiN/titanium nitride) like Remington uses on their XCR line.
What is more rust resistant stainless steel or the newer teflon coatings? 2010
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Most companies fabricate the chips by laying down a material called gallium nitride on wafers of sapphire or silicon carbide.
The Quest for Cheaper, Better Lights Don Clark 2012
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If you want the best corrosion resistance might look at titanium actions or guns with sputtered ceramic coatings (TiN/titanium nitride) like Remington uses on their XCR line.
What is more rust resistant stainless steel or the newer teflon coatings? 2010
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And pieces finished in gold-colored titanium nitride might actually work as a stand-in for gold.
Valentine's Day Gold Rush Is Still Within Reach J. S. Marcus 2012
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The problem with Soraa's approach, competitors say, is that gallium nitride wafers are much more expensive than existing materials.
The Quest for Cheaper, Better Lights Don Clark 2012
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They opted to use a wafer that is also made of gallium nitride—an approach called GaN on GaN, based on the abbreviation for the material.
The Quest for Cheaper, Better Lights Don Clark 2012
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None are visible with the pure gallium nitride approach.
The Quest for Cheaper, Better Lights Don Clark 2012
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"Titanium nitride can be made to look pretty close to 24 karat gold," Prof.
Valentine's Day Gold Rush Is Still Within Reach J. S. Marcus 2012
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