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Phosphine

Phosphine Meaning & Definition
Phosphine Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Phosphine?

[n] a colorless gas with a strong fishy smell; used as a pesticide

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See Also | gas | pesticide

Phosphine In Webster's Dictionary

\Phos"phine\, n. (Chem.) A colorless gas, {PH3}, analogous to ammonia, and having a disagreeable odor resembling that of garlic. Called also {hydrogen phosphide}, and formerly, {phosphureted hydrogen}. Note: It is the most important compound of phosphorus and hydrogen, and is produced by the action of caustic potash on phosphorus. It is spontaneously inflammable, owing to impurities, and in burning produces peculiar vortical rings of smoke.

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