phosphide

phospho- +‎ -ide

phosphide (countable and uncountable, plural phosphides)

1. (chemistry) Any binary compound of phosphorus, especially one in oxidation state −3.
   • 1901, J. E. Stead, “Iron and Phosphorus”, in Albert Sauveur, editor, The Metallographist, volume IV, Boston, Mass.: Boston Testing Laboratories, page 225:

     These two metals were then melted in magnesia crucibles and cooled slowly, in order to find how much phosphide would separate during solidification.

   • 1951, Joseph J. Katz, Eugene Rabinowitch, The Chemistry of Uranium: The Element, Its Binary and Related Compounds, New York, N.Y.: Dover Publications, Inc., page 241:

     Colani (1907b) prepared uranium arsenide and antimonide by methods similar to the one he used for the preparation of phosphide.

   • 1959, Georges Simenon, translated by Robert Eglesfield, Maigret Has Scruples, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, Inc., page 126:

     So you took the bottle of phosphide and you poured a good dose into your sister’s cup.

   • 1974, Sulzer Technical Review, volume 56/57, page 13:

     On the other hand, too much phosphide may render the iron brittle.