Strontium phosphide is an inorganic compound of strontium and phosphorus with the chemical formula . The compound looks like black crystalline material.
Synthesis Heating strontium phosphate with soot in an arc furnace:
Reaction of strontium with red phosphorus at high temperature:
Physical properties Strontium phosphide forms black crystals.
Thermally stable, melts at high temperatures.
Dangerous when wet, poison.
Chemical properties Decomposes with water releasing phosphine:
Reacts with acids:
Uses It is a highly reactive substance used as a reagent and in the manufacture of chemically reactive devices.
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