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phosphonium

[ fos-foh-nee-uhm ]

noun

Chemistry.
  1. the positively charged group PH 4 + .


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of phosphonium1

First recorded in 1865–70; phosph(orus) + (amm)onium
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The team's ultimate designs for short-chain ammonium phosphate and phosphonium phosphate IL additives resulted in 90-100% survival rates after seven days.

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Yet many researchers and journalists still associate the term with the first such chemicals widely studied: for example, dialkylimidazolium, quaternary ammonium and phosphonium salts, which were explored in the 1990s as potential ‘green’ solvents and electrolytes.

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The mechanism demonstrates the impressive fluoride ion affinity of this highly electron-deficient phosphonium center.

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The phosphonium salts are of but little importance.

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If a small quantity of water is used, a larger deposit of yellow phosphorus is formed, together with a considerable quantity of phosphonium iodide.

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