Solid zirconium phosphides

A large number of zirconium phosphides have been identified that range in composition from approximately Zr3P to ZrP2- These compounds have found uses in the semiconductor industry. The compounds that have been identified are listed in Table V-31 together with their respective crystallographic data. 

The error is increased by a factor of two from that reported by [64G1N2] to give the 95% uncertainty. 

No other thermodynamic data have been reported for zirconium phosphide eompounds. 

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IRA/GIN] Irani, K. S., Gingerich, K. A., Structural transformation of zirconium phosphide, J. Phys. Chem. Solids, 24, (1963), 1153-1158. Cited on page 201. 

With phosphorus, zirconium and hafnium form phosphides of composition M3P, MP, and MP2, which dissolve only in HF/HNO3 mixtures (see Phosphides Solid-state Chemistry). ZrP2 can be also obtained by reaction of ZrCLt with phosphine. 

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