Nierite

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing four nitrogen and three silicon. uncountable

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silicon nitridesilicon nitride

Etymology

From Nier + -ite. Named for Alfred Otto Carl Nier, the American physicist who pioneered mass spectrometry, and used it to isolate Uranium-235.

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