nierite
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Nier + -ite.
Named for Alfred Otto Carl Nier, the American physicist who pioneered mass spectrometry, and used it to isolate Uranium-235.
Noun
[edit]nierite (uncountable)
- (mineral,chemistry) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing four nitrogen and three silicon.
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Nierite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- Silicon Nitride on Wikipedia.Wikipedia