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phosphide
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phosphide

Any of a class of chemical compounds in which phosphorous is combined with a metal. Phosphides exhibit a wide variety of chemical and physical properties. Phosphides that are rich in metal have high melting points and are hard, brittle, and chemically inert; these compounds have high thermal and electrical conductivities.
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The paper was published in Risk Analysis in 2004, with the acknowledgment that "This work was supported by the Phosphine/Metal Phosphide Coalition, consisting of the producers and users of phosphine and metal phosphides for the control of insects in stored commodities" (Pepelko et al.
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Microporosity and occasional phosphides were associated with the presence of these carbides.
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