Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A binary compound of arsenic with a more electropositive element.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A compound of arsenic and a metallic base. Also called arseniuret, arsenuret.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element or radical; -- formerly called
arseniuret .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun arsenide
ion ; anarsenic atom with three extraelectrons and charge −3 - noun a
compound with arsenic inoxidation state −3.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a compound of arsenic with a more positive element
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Examples
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Most red LEDs are made of aluminum gallium arsenide, which is toxic.
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AXT is known in part for wafers made from gallium arsenide that are used in products such as power-amplifier chips.
Semiconductors 2011
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Using concentrated sunlight focused onto a small 5 mm² multi-junction solar cell made out of GaInP/GaInAs/Ge (gallium indium phosphide, gallium indium arsenide on a germanium substrate (whew!)).
Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » New Record Solar Cell 2009
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In Genre on June 27, 2010 at 7: 30 am For all I knew, she was a bug-eyed wallaby with a taste for gallium arsenide: the stuff my brains are made of.
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For all I knew, she was a bug-eyed wallaby with a taste for gallium arsenide: the stuff my brains are made of.
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You know, replete with all that stuff about electrons and holes and "p-doping" and "n-doping" and the delights of gallium arsenide.
Microchips Are Old Hat. Can Tweets Be Far Behind? Matt Ridley 2011
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The speed that electrons travel in gallium arsenide is faster than silicon.
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Researchers in St. Petersburg, Russia, recently built a nanowire cell out of gallium arsenide, but the material is more expensive to produce than silicon.
New Silicon Nanorod Solar Cells Use 99% Less Material | Inhabitat 2010
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Many optical components are typically constructed using materials such as gallium arsenide and indium phosphide.
IBM Claims Breakthrough in Laser-Based Chips Don Clark 2010
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The speed that electrons travel in gallium arsenide is faster than silicon.
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