phosphide Chem.
(ˈfɒsfaɪd)
[f. phosph- + -ide.]
A combination of phosphorus with another element or a radical. (Earlier name phosphuret.)
| 1849 D. Campbell Inorg. Chem. 65 Phosphides.—Compounds of phosphorus with the other elements are very numerous. c 1865 Wylde in Circ. Sc. I. 371/2 It may be..prepared from the phosphide of calcium. 1881 Metal World No. 12. 186 The phosphide of iron only begins to be decomposed after all silicon and carbon is gone. |