Definition of Phosphin

1. a poisonous gas [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phosphin

phosphaturia
phosphaturias
phosphazene
phosphazenes
phosphazine
phosphazines
phosphene
phosphenes
phosphepane
phosphepine
phosphetane
phosphid
phosphide
phosphides
phosphids
phosphin (current term)
phosphinane
phosphinate
phosphinates
phosphindole
phosphindoles
phosphindolizine
phosphindolizines
phosphine
phosphine imide
phosphine oxide
phosphine oxides
phosphine sulfide
phosphines
phosphinic

Literary usage of Phosphin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Laboratory Manual of Elementary Chemistry by Jabez Montgomery, Roy Burnett Smith (1904)
"If the phosphate contained water phosphin (PH3) will be formed which may be ... If no odor of phosphin is noticed at once, allow to cool and add a drop or ..."

2. A Laboratory Manual in Chemistry by William Conger Morgan, James Alexander Lyman (1912)
"phosphin, PH3 Instructor's Experiment Materials. Solid NaOH or KOH. ... phosphin and other hydrids of phosphorus will be generated and escape through the ..."

3. Chemistry: An Elementary Text-book by William Conger Morgan, James Alexander Lyman (1911)
"phosphin is a colorless, poisonous gas, smelling somewhat like decaying fish and ... Like ammonia, phosphin unites with acids to form phosphonium salts. ..."

4. A Text-book of Medical Chemistry and Toxicology by James William Holland (1917)
"The phosphin Test.—Having set up the usual hydrogen-generating apparatus—that ... The bands represent the green lines of the spectrum of burning phosphin. ..."

5. Inorganic Chemistry: With the Elements of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry by John Iredelle Dillard Hinds (1905)
"phosphin is the analogue of ammonia, and like it unites directly to the haloid acids ... CI, is formed when a mixture of phosphin and hydrogen chloric! is ..."

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