Antimonide

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(′an·tə·mə′nīd)

(inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of antimony with a more positive compound, for example, H5Sb. Also known as stibide.


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Antimonides (sometimes called stibnides) are compounds of antimony with more electropositive elements. The antimonide ion is Sb3−.

Many of them are flammable or decomposed by oxygen when heated since the antimonide ion is a reducing agent.

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