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Phosphine - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Phosphine : (noun)
1: a colorless gas with a strong fishy smell; used as a
pesticide
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Phosphine : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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