phosphoret

plural phosphorets

1. A compound of phosphorus that does not include oxygen.

   In the puddling furnace the phosphorus exists as a metallic phosphoret.

   1875, Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, page 338

   3 more examples

   The phosphoret of platina detonates frongly when it is thrown on nitre in fusion.

   1802, The English Encyclopædia, page 18

   You only throw a piece of phosphoret of lime into a glass of water, and bubbles of fire immediately issue from it.

   1853, Jane Marcet, Conversations on chemistry [by J. Marcet]., page 278

   Iron is capable of combining with phosphorus; but the proportions of the elements of phosphoret of iron have not been ascertained; nor is it known whether more than one compound of this kind exists.

   1964, The Sources of Science - Issue 114, Volume 4, page 288