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CALCIUM HYDRIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does calcium hydride mean? 

CALCIUM HYDRIDE (noun)
  The noun CALCIUM HYDRIDE has 1 sense:

1. a saltlike binary compound (CaH2) used as a reducing agent and source of hydrogenplay

  Familiarity information: CALCIUM HYDRIDE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CALCIUM HYDRIDE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A saltlike binary compound (CaH2) used as a reducing agent and source of hydrogen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

calcium hydride; hydrolith

Hypernyms ("calcium hydride" is a kind of...):

hydride (any binary compound formed by the union of hydrogen and other elements)


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