phosphide

[fos-fahyd, -fid]

noun Chemistry.

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

Origin of phosphide

1840–50; phosph- + -ide

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Historical Examples of phosphide

When heated to low redness it decomposes into free iodine and phosphide of boron, BP.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892
Various
The flask containing the phosphide of calcium and water, and placed in a water-bath heated to 140 Fah.
The Boy's Playbook of Science
John Henry Pepper
A phosphide, PCr, is known; it burns in oxygen forming the phosphate.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3
Various
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

British Dictionary definitions for phosphide

phosphide

noun

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

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Medicine definitions for phosphide

phosphide

[fŏs′fīd′]

n.

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