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