aluminohydride

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noun

The univalent anion, AlH₄⁻, present in such compounds as lithium aluminium hydride.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

nounaluminohydride (countable and uncountable, plural aluminohydrides)

plural aluminohydrides

  1. countableuncountablechemistryThe univalent anion, AlH₄⁻, present in such compounds as lithium aluminium hydride.

Origin

  1. Englishalumino-
  2. Englishhydro-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  4. Englishhydride
  5. Englishaluminohydride

From alumino- + hydride.

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