Hydricity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The combined use of hydrogen and electricity as a power source uncountable

    "But the impact of the hydricity economy goes beyond transportation."

  2. 2
    The tendency in a transition metal hydride for an H⁻ ion to transfer to a substrate uncountable

    "DuBois and coworkers carried out extensive studies of the thermodynamic hydricity of metal hydrides (3.2); in many cases the metal product resulting following hydride transfer will bind a CH3CN ligand (not shown in 3.2), so comparisons of hydricity will be solvent-dependent."

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"But the impact of the hydricity economy goes beyond transportation."

Etymology

Blend of hydrogen + electricity.

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transition metal

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