: a binary compound of phosphorus with a more electropositive element or group
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One scenario is that volcanoes release chemical compounds called phosphides, which could react with sulfur dioxide in Venus’ atmosphere to form phosphine—a plausible explanation given that scientists have found evidence of active volcanism on our twin planet.
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Elise Cutts, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2024
One scenario is that volcanoes release chemical compounds called phosphides, which could react with sulfur dioxide in Venus’ atmosphere to form phosphine — a plausible explanation given that scientists have found evidence of active volcanism on our twin planet.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
The aluminum phosphide is alleged to have been activated by moisture to create the gas phosphine, which traveled to Fatiha’s apartment above.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 19 Jan. 2024
Hoping to make a metallic glass, which is an alloy of atoms jumbled together without a discrete shape, researchers on Greer’s team placed bits of iron, nickel, and a phosphide compound in a copper dish housed inside a simple electric furnace.
—Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2023
The outside lab would take a few days to get him the copper phosphide.
—WIRED, 2 Aug. 2023
Institute of Photonics/LUH The first section of the chip features an optical amplifier built out of indium phosphide, a material that has already been widely used to create semiconductor lasers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Apr. 2023
Embedded in that are nanoparticles of a catalyst that the research group has a long history with, tri-molybdenum phosphide (Mo3P).
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2023
The grains comprised of aluminum, silver iodine, phosphide, and silicon carbide, as well as a compound of nickel and phosphorus, with very little iron.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 June 2022
Elise Cutts, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2024
One scenario is that volcanoes release chemical compounds called phosphides, which could react with sulfur dioxide in Venus’ atmosphere to form phosphine — a plausible explanation given that scientists have found evidence of active volcanism on our twin planet.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
The aluminum phosphide is alleged to have been activated by moisture to create the gas phosphine, which traveled to Fatiha’s apartment above.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 19 Jan. 2024
Hoping to make a metallic glass, which is an alloy of atoms jumbled together without a discrete shape, researchers on Greer’s team placed bits of iron, nickel, and a phosphide compound in a copper dish housed inside a simple electric furnace.
—Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2023
The outside lab would take a few days to get him the copper phosphide.
—WIRED, 2 Aug. 2023
Institute of Photonics/LUH The first section of the chip features an optical amplifier built out of indium phosphide, a material that has already been widely used to create semiconductor lasers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Apr. 2023
Embedded in that are nanoparticles of a catalyst that the research group has a long history with, tri-molybdenum phosphide (Mo3P).
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2023
The grains comprised of aluminum, silver iodine, phosphide, and silicon carbide, as well as a compound of nickel and phosphorus, with very little iron.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 June 2022
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phosphide
noun
phos·phide
-ˌfīd 
: a binary compound of phosphorus with a more electropositive element or group
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