Nomenclature
CAS number: 1314-84-7
P
2Zn
3; mol wt 258.17.
P 23.99%, Zn 76.01%.
Zn
3P
2.
Description and references
Toxicity study: L. Y. Ming, Malays. Agric. J. 52, 166 (1979).
Properties
Dark gray tetragonal crystals, lustrous or dull
powder; faint phosphorus odor. d 4.55. When strongly heated with the exclusion of air
it melts and finally sublimes. The mp has been given
as 420° and the bp
as 1100°. When kept dry it is quite
stable. Insol in water, alcohol. Sol in benzene, carbon disulfide;
reacts with HCl, H2SO4 with evolution of spontaneously
flammable phosphine. Reacts violently with concd H2SO4, HNO3 and other oxidizing agents. Dangerous when wet; keep dry. Poisonous. LD50 in male, female rats (mg/kg): 12.00, 15.72 orally (Ming).Use
Rodenticide.