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diborane

diborane noun: boron hydride, B₂H₆, a colourless explosive gas with a nasty smell; it has an unusual structure in which two of the hydrogen atoms form a bridge between the two boron atoms.

Noun

diborane (uncountable)

  1. boron hydride, B₂H₆, a colourless explosive gas with a nasty smell; it has an unusual structure in which two of the hydrogen atoms form a bridge between the two boron atoms

Origin of diborane

From di- + borane.

Questions about diborane

What does diborane mean?
Diborane means boron hydride, B₂H₆, a colourless explosive gas with a nasty smell; it has an unusual structure in which two of the hydrogen atoms form a bridge between the two boron atoms.
What part of speech is diborane?
Diborane is a noun.

Words near diborane in the dictionary

  1. Dible
  2. dibling
  3. diblings
  4. diblock
  5. Diboll
  6. diborane
  7. diborate
  8. diborates
  9. diboration
  10. diborations
  11. diboride

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