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Strontium phosphide is an inorganic compound of strontium and phosphorus with the chemical formula Sr
₃P
₂.^[1][2] The compound looks like black crystalline material.^{[citation needed]}

Synthesis

Heating strontium phosphate with soot in an arc furnace:

Reaction of strontium with red phosphorus at high temperature:^{[citation needed]}

Physical properties

Strontium phosphide forms black crystals.^{[citation needed]}

Thermally stable, melts at high temperatures.

Dangerous when wet, poison.^[3]

Chemical properties

Decomposes with water releasing phosphine:^{[citation needed]}

Reacts with acids:

Uses

It is a highly reactive substance used as a reagent and in the manufacture of chemically reactive devices.^[4]

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