phosphide

[ fos-fahyd, -fid ]

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noun

, Chemistry.

phosphide

/ ˈfɒsfaɪd /

any compound of phosphorus with another element, esp a more electropositive element

He and his team focused on the bacteria’s nickel phosphide catalysts, which are responsible for the energy-releasing carbon reaction.

The nickel is added to part of the copper and the phosphide of tungsten, then the zinc, and then the rest of the copper.

It is directly combined with the metal, forming a phosphide.

If the materials contain phosphorous acid, a precipitate of phosphide of silver is formed which should be collected and washed.

A brownish substance, supposed to be a mere mechanical mixture of phosphide and phosphate of calcium.

If sulphur is heated in a stream of phosphine, hydric sulphide and sulphur phosphide are the products.

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