lithium aluminium hydride

noun

LiAlH₄, a powerful reducing agent with many applications in organic chemistry; contains the aluminohydride anion AlH₄⁻.

Meanings

nounlithium aluminium hydride (uncountable, abbreviation LAH)

abbreviation LAH

  1. uncountablechemistryLiAlH₄, a powerful reducing agent with many applications in organic chemistry; contains the aluminohydride anion AlH₄⁻.

    Synonyms: lithal, lithium aluminohydride

Synonyms & antonyms

nounLiAlH₄, a powerful reducing agent with many applications in organic chemistry; contains the aluminohydride anion AlH₄⁻.

Translations

Arabic هيدريد ألومينيوم ليثيوم
  • هيدريد ألومينيوم ليثيومchemical compound, LiH
Chinese Mandarin 氫化鋁鋰 /氢化铝锂
  • 氫化鋁鋰 /氢化铝锂 (qīnghuàlǚlǐ)chemical compound, LiH
Finnish litiumalumiinihydridi
  • litiumalumiinihydridichemical compound, LiH
French tétrahydruroaluminate de lithium
  • tétrahydruroaluminate de lithiumchemical compound, LiH
German Lithiumaluminiumhydrid
  • Lithiumaluminiumhydridchemical compound, LiH
Italian idruro di litio-alluminio
  • idruro di litio-alluminiochemical compound, LiH
Japanese 水素化アルミニウムリチウム
  • 水素化アルミニウムリチウム (suisoka aruminiumu richiumu)chemical compound, LiH
Polish tetrahydroglinian litu
  • tetrahydroglinian lituchemical compound, LiH
Portuguese hidreto de alumínio e lítio / lítio e alumínio
  • hidreto de alumínio e lítio / lítio e alumíniochemical compound, LiH
Russian алюмогидри́д ли́тия
  • алюмогидри́д ли́тия (aljumogidríd lítija)chemical compound, LiH
Spanish hidruro de litio y aluminio
  • hidruro de litio y aluminiochemical compound, LiH
Swedish litiumaluminiumhydrid
  • litiumaluminiumhydridchemical compound, LiH
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