How to Use hydride in a Sentence

hydride

noun

• To keep the van's cargo area low and flat, Toyota placed the 1.9-kWh nickel-metal-hydride battery underneath the front seats.
  — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 28 Oct. 2020
• In the experiment, six of these quibits were used to map the energy states of the six electrons in the beryllium hydride molecule.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Bloomberg.com, 13 Sep. 2017
• Along with switching from a nickel-metal-hydride battery to a lithium-ion pack, the Prius's gas-fed engine goes from a 1.8-liter four-cylinder to a larger 2.0-liter four-pot.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 14 Dec. 2022
• One promising class of materials, known as hydrides, emerged in recent years.
  — Quanta Magazine, 8 Mar. 2023
• All Prii now use a lithium-ion battery pack that’s mounted under the rear seat; the old nickel-metal-hydride pack that was still found in certain versions of the outgoing car is gone.
  — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 16 Nov. 2022
• And while the M-Pulse had to shut off solar arrays to keep from overcharging its lithium ion battery, the Acala’s nickel metal hydride battery went dead after 200 miles.
  — Julia Scheeres, WIRED, 26 July 2001
• Those two versions retain a nickel-metal-hydride battery pack, while the LE switches to a lighter, more powerful lithium-ion unit.
  — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 22 June 2017
• It can be driven at low speeds for short distances on battery power from 37 kWh nickel metal hydride hybrid battery.
  — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• Only when helium hydride started forming could the universe cool down and expand.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 18 Apr. 2019
• The space agency used to rely on older battery types, like nickel-metal hydride or nickel hydrogen — the main type of battery used for storing energy on the ISS.
  — Loren Grush, The Verge, 17 Aug. 2018
• What really happened is that the Mirai's fuel cells sent over some electricity to top off the nickel-metal-hydride battery that powers the 153-hp drive motor.
  — Popular Mechanics, 26 June 2017
• The automaker swapped an older nickel-metal-hydride battery for a smaller, lighter lithium-ion battery.
  — Dallas News, 16 Nov. 2022
• This work reflects what would happen to most rechargeable batteries, such as lithium-ion, nickel-metal-hydride, or lead-acid, for example.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2022
• And the hybrid model was updated with a lithium-ion battery pack, replacing nickel-metal hydride.
  — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 May 2018
• The scoop is mostly for looks; the Rally retains the Prius's air-conditioning system to keep the pilot and navigator comfortable and also the 1.3-kWh nickel-metal hydride battery pack cool and happy.
  — David Beard, Car and Driver, 27 May 2021
• Hydrogen is key to the new material’s superconducting ability and to that of any hydride.
  — Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 10 Mar. 2023
• In another, a mix of hydrogen and lanthanum were squeezed together to form a lanthanum hydride, which contained lots of hydrogen within its crystal structure.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Oct. 2020
• Toyota still uses nickel-metal hydride batteries rather than the more expensive lithium-ion cells.
  — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 July 2017
• Though naturally occurring helium hydride has never been found on Earth, scientists were able to force the two atoms together in the lab almost a century ago.
  — Ken Croswell, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2019
• In the experiments described in the paper, IBM researchers used a quantum computer to derive the lowest energy state of a molecule of beryllium hydride.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Bloomberg.com, 13 Sep. 2017
• Known as a helium hydride ion (HeH+), this conglomeration of Big Bang leftovers is just a helium atom and a hydrogen nucleus, aka a proton.
  — Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2019
• If enough hydrogen is added, a hydride may even become superconducting.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2019
• As molecules go, beryllium hydride is puny—just two hydrogen atoms tacked onto a single beryllium atom.
  — Gabriel Popkin, Science | AAAS, 13 Sep. 2017
• Like a generation of Toyota hybrids before it, the Sienna relies on a modest nickel-metal hydride battery, this one secreted under the front seats.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2022
• Known as a helium hydride ion (HeH^+), this conglomeration of basic bits is just a helium atom and a hydrogen’s nucleus (aka a proton) stuck together.
  — Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2019
• The retraction comes even as excitement builds for the class of superconducting materials called hydrides, which includes the carbonaceous sulfur hydride (CSH) developed by Dias’s team.
  — Byeric Hand, science.org, 26 Sep. 2022
• Also on the hybrid, regenerative braking helps charge the onboard nickel-metal hydride battery pack for the electric motors by switching the main electric motor into a generator whenever the car is coasting or the brakes are applied.
  — G. Chambers Williams Iii, star-telegram, 1 Sep. 2017
• Today’s lithium-ion batteries are a big improvement over early lead-acid, nickel-cadmium and nickel-metal hydride technologies.
  — Paul A. Eisenstein, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2018
• Those changes included switching the nickel-metal-hydride battery pack for lighter, industry-standard lithium-ion cells in most models, a multilink rear suspension for an improved ride, and, of course, that eyebrow-raising exterior redesign.
  — Annie White, Car and Driver, 10 July 2017
• Helium hydride has long presented challenges to scientists.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 18 Apr. 2019

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