phosphonium
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of phosphonium
First recorded in 1865–70; phosph(orus) + (amm)onium
Example Sentences
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The team's ultimate designs for short-chain ammonium phosphate and phosphonium phosphate IL additives resulted in 90-100% survival rates after seven days.
From Science Daily • May 2, 2024
Like ammonia, gaseous phosphine unites with gaseous hydrogen halides, forming phosphonium compounds like PH4Cl and PH4I.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
The phosphonium salts are of but little importance.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
If a small quantity of water is used, a larger deposit of yellow phosphorus is formed, together with a considerable quantity of phosphonium iodide.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 by Various
C.; by this means 6-amino-2.8-dichlorpurin is obtained, which on reduction by means of hydriodic acid and phosphonium iodide is converted into adenine.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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