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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jurgen Stenzel, Erftstadt-Liblar, DE;
Gero Heymer, Erftstadt-Liblar, DE;
Assignee:
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423299 ; 423305 ;
Abstract
Production of phosphine. The phosphine is produced by reducing, in a first step, anhydrous zinc phosphate to zinc phosphide by treatment with carbon at a temperature higher than 1000.degree. C, and, in a second step, reacting the zinc phosphide formed in the first step with phosphoric acid. The resulting gaseous phosphine is collected, and the resulting zinc phosphate, which is obtained as a difficultly soluble precipitate, is dried, dehydrated and recycled to the first step.