phosphide

[ fos-fahyd, -fid ]

/ ˈfɒs faɪd, -fɪd /

a binary compound of phosphorus with a basic element or group.

Origin of phosphide

1840–50; phosph- + -ide

When heated to low redness it decomposes into free iodine and phosphide of boron, BP.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 |Various
The flask containing the phosphide of calcium and water, and placed in a water-bath heated to 140 Fah.

The Boy's Playbook of Science |John Henry Pepper
A phosphide, PCr, is known; it burns in oxygen forming the phosphate.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 |Various
If the materials contain phosphorous acid, a precipitate of phosphide of silver is formed which should be collected and washed.

Legal Chemistry |A. Naquet

phosphide

/ (ˈfɒsfaɪd) /

any compound of phosphorus with another element, esp a more electropositive element

phosphide

[ fŏs′fīd′ ]

A compound of phosphorus and a more electropositive element or radical.