Cerium phosphide is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula CeP. It is one of the phosphides of cerium. It can be obtained by reacting cerium dioxide and phosphine at 1300 °C in the presence of hydrogen,Vasil'eva, I. G.; Mironov, K. E.; Mironov, Yu. I. Properties of cerium monophosphide. Redkozemel. Metal. Ikh Soedin., Mater. Vses. Simp., 1970: 160-165. . or by reacting sodium phosphide and cerium chloride at 700~800 °C. It will be oxidized to monoclinic CePO4 in air above 900 °C. It reacts with iodine in a quartz ampoule to obtain CeSiP3.Mironov, K. E.; Abdullin, R. V. Formation and chemical transfer of cerium silicon phosphide (CeSiP3). Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii, 1980. 25 (8): 2062-2066.
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