phosphide

[ fos-fahyd, -fid ]

/ ˈfɒs faɪd, -fɪd /

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noun Chemistry.

a binary compound of phosphorus with a basic element or group.

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Origin of phosphide

1840–50; phosph- + -ide

Words nearby phosphide

phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylserine, phosphatize, phosphaturia, phosphene, phosphide, phosphine, phosphite, phospho-, phosphoamidase, phosphoamide

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How to use phosphide in a sentence

The nickel is added to part of the copper and the phosphide of tungsten, then the zinc, and then the rest of the copper.
On Laboratory Arts|Richard Threlfall
It is directly combined with the metal, forming a phosphide.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
If the materials contain phosphorous acid, a precipitate of phosphide of silver is formed which should be collected and washed.
Legal Chemistry|A. Naquet
A brownish substance, supposed to be a mere mechanical mixture of phosphide and phosphate of calcium.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley

If sulphur is heated in a stream of phosphine, hydric sulphide and sulphur phosphide are the products.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth

British Dictionary definitions for phosphide

phosphide

/ (ˈfɒsfaɪd) /

noun

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

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Medical definitions for phosphide

phosphide

[ fŏs′fīd′ ]

A compound of phosphorus and a more electropositive element or radical.