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phosphuretted, -eted, a. Chem.|ˈfɒsfjʊərɛtɪd| Also phosphor-. [f. prec. + -ed.] Combined chemically with phosphorus. phosphuretted hydrogen = phosphine, phosphorus trihydride, PH3, a poisonous gas of disgusting smell, produced by the decomposition of animal substances. When arising from water, it contains traces of the vapour of a liquid hydride, and is then spontaneously inflammable, giving rise (it is believed) to the phenomenon known as ignis fatuus or will o' the wisp.
1807T. Thomson Chem. (ed. 3) II. 41 Phosphureted hydrogen gas is emitted, which takes fire as soon as it comes to the surface of the water. 1808Henry Epit. Chem. (ed. 5) 205 Phosphuretted hydrogen gas. 1826― Elem. Chem. II. 510 No mixture..of oxygen, nitrous oxide, or chlorine with phosphureted hydrogen. 1858Carpenter Veg. Phys. §32 During the decomposition of animal and vegetable substances, they enter into combination with hydrogen, forming sulphuretted and phosphuretted hydrogen. β1865–72Watts Dict. Chem. III. 200 Spontaneously inflammable phosphoretted hydrogen. 1880Bastian Brain ii. 28 These tissues..are composed, in the main, of water, of phosphoretted fats, and of protein compounds. |