{"id":13036,"date":"2025-10-06T10:14:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T04:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13036"},"modified":"2025-10-07T13:56:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T08:26:18","slug":"what-is-phosphine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-phosphine\/","title":{"rendered":"Phosphine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Phosphine Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected phosphine (PH3) in the atmosphere of brown dwarf Wolf 1130C.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Phosphine<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a chemical compound made of <\/span><b>one phosphorus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> atom and <\/span><b>three hydrogen atoms.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Formation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Phosphine on Earth is <\/span><b>developed naturally by bacteria<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that live in very low-oxygen environments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To produce phosphine, Earth bacteria take up phosphate from minerals or biological material and add hydrogen.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also found in the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also <\/span><b>called hydrogen phosphide.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Uses of Phosphine: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is used in <\/span><b>semiconductor and plastics industries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in the production of <\/span><b>a flame retardant<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and as a pesticide in stored grain.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Properties of Phosphine<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>colourless, flammable, extremely toxic gas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a disagreeable garlic like odour.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is slightly <\/span><b>soluble in water.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is formed by the action of a strong base or hot water on white phosphorus or by the reaction of water with <\/span><b>calcium phosphide<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Ca3P2).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>structurally similar to ammonia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (NH3), but phosphine is a much poorer solvent than ammonia and is much less soluble in water.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sci.news\/astronomy\/webb-phosphine-brown-dwarf-wolf-1130c-14257.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phosphine is a chemical compound made of one phosphorus atom and three hydrogen atoms. 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