Aluminium phosphide (AlP) is a compound of aluminium and phosphorus. It is a grey-green/ green-yellow solid which reacts with moisture and acids to release phosphine. CAS registry number [20859-73-8][1]. General Name, Symbol, Number aluminium, Al, 13 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 13, 3, p Appearance silvery Atomic mass 26. ... This article is about the chemical element. ... R-phrases , , , , S-phrases , , , , , Flash point flammable gas Autoignition temperature 38 °C (see text) Explosive limits 1. ...

AlP is used as a rodenticide and insecticide for stored cereal grains. It is used to kill small verminous mammals such as moles, rabbits and rodents. It is used in the semiconductor industry usually combined with other elements to make more stable semiconductor alloys for applications in devices such as light emitting diodes (e.g. aluminium gallium indium phosphide). Rat poisons are a category of pest control chemicals intended to kill rats. ... An insecticide is a pesticide whose purpose is to kill or to prevent the multiplication of insects. ... A semiconductor is a material with an electrical conductivity that is intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor. ... Alloy is a combination, either in solution or compound, of two or more elements, which has a combination of at least one metal, and where the resultant material has metallic properties. ... Various light-emitting diodes (5 mm reds, 3 mm greens and yellows) A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that emits incoherent monochromatic light when electrically biased in the forward direction. ... Aluminium gallium indium phosphide (AlGaInP, also AlInGaP, InGaAlP, etc. ...

Properties

Tradenames

Phostoxin, Phosphume, Phostek

Physical

• Melting point 2100 K.
• Density 2420 kg.m^-3.

The melting point of a solid is the temperature at which it changes state from solid to liquid. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ...

Electronic

• Band gap 2.45 eV.
• Electron mobility 80 cm².V^-1.s^-1.

In solid state physics and related applied fields, the band gap is the energy difference between the top of the valence band and the bottom of the conduction band in insulators and semiconductors. ... In physics, electron mobility (or simply, mobility), is used to describe the relation between drift velocity of electrons or holes in a solid material or electrons/ions in a gas, and an applied electric field. ...

Precautions

AlP is highly toxic. See MSDS for precautions.

Risk phrases

R15 R28 R29 R32 R50

Safety phrases

S3 S9 S14 S30 S36 S37 S45.

See also

• Boron phosphide
• Gallium phosphide
• Aluminium nitride
• Aluminium arsenide

Gallium phosphide (GaP), a phosphide of gallium, is a compound semiconductor material with indirect band gap of 2. ... Aluminium nitride (AlN) is an extremely wide bandgap semiconductor material which has potential application for deep ultraviolet optoelectronics. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ...

References

• Aluminium phosphide poisoning: a prospective study of 16 cases in one year, JS Chopra, OP Kalra, VS Malik, R Sharma and A Chandna, Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1986, Vol 62, 1113-1115

External links

• MSDS at University of Oxford