Cerium phosphide

Cerium phosphide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
EC Number
  • 246-783-4
  • InChI=1S/Ce.P
    Key: SMKQIOCKGHFKQZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • [Ce+3].[P-3]
Properties
CeP
Molar mass 171.090 g·mol−1
Appearance grey crystals[1]
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

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,[2] or by reacting sodium phosphide and cerium chloride at 700~800 °C.[1] It will be oxidized to monoclinic CePO4 in air above 900 °C.[2] It reacts with iodine in a quartz ampoule to obtain CeSiP3.[3]

  1. ^ a b Rowley, Adrian T.; Parkin, Ivan P. (1993). "Convenient synthesis of lanthanide and mixed lanthanide phosphides by solid-state routes involving sodium phosphide". Journal of Materials Chemistry. 3 (7). Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC): 689. doi:10.1039/jm9930300689. ISSN 0959-9428.
  2. ^ a b Vasil'eva, I. G.; Mironov, K. E.; Mironov, Yu. I. Properties of cerium monophosphide(in Russian). Redkozemel. Metal. Ikh Soedin., Mater. Vses. Simp., 1970: 160-165. CODEN 26HIAV.
  3. ^ Mironov, K. E.; Abdullin, R. V. Formation and chemical transfer of cerium silicon phosphide (CeSiP3)(in Russian). Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii, 1980. 25 (8): 2062-2066.