# Scandium phosphide

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| OtherNames = Scandium monophosphide,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gschneidner (Jr.) |first1=Karl A. |last2=Eyring |first2=LeRoy |title=Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths: without special title |date=1978 |publisher=North-Holland Publishing Company |isbn=978-0-444-82507-0 |page=287 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ROzvAAAAMAAJ&q=Scandium+phosphide+ScP |access-date=10 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> phosphanylidynescandium
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| CASNo = 12202-43-6
| PubChem = 82969
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| EINECS = 	235-381-4
| SMILES = [Sc+3].[P-3]
| StdInChI= 1S/P.Sc
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| Formula = ScP
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| Coordination = [Octahedral](/source/Octahedral_molecular_geometry) at Sc<sup>3+</sup>, [Octahedral](/source/Octahedral_molecular_geometry) at P<sup>3-</sup>
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| OtherAnions = {{ubl|[Scandium nitride](/source/Scandium_nitride)|[Scandium arsenide](/source/Scandium_arsenide)|[Scandium antimonide](/source/Scandium_antimonide)}}
| OtherCations = {{ubl|[Cerium phosphide](/source/Cerium_phosphide)|[Yttrium phosphide](/source/Yttrium_phosphide)|[Lutetium phosphide](/source/Lutetium_phosphide)}}
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'''Scandium phosphide''' is an [inorganic compound](/source/inorganic_compound) of [scandium](/source/scandium) and [phosphorus](/source/phosphorus) with the [chemical formula](/source/chemical_formula) {{chem2|ScP|auto=1}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Scandium Phosphide |url=https://www.americanelements.com/scandium-phosphide-12202-43-6 |publisher=[American Elements](/source/American_Elements) |access-date=10 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=scandium phosphide |url=https://webbook.nist.gov/cgi/formula?ID=C12202436 |publisher=[National Institute of Standards and Technology](/source/National_Institute_of_Standards_and_Technology) |access-date=10 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Substance Inventory |date=1979 |publisher=[U.S. Government Printing Office](/source/U.S._Government_Printing_Office) |page=79 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EwXoYmUt_B0C&dq=Scandium+phosphide&pg=RA2-PA49 |access-date=10 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==Synthesis==
ScP can be obtained by the reaction of scandium and [phosphorus](/source/phosphorus) at 1000&nbsp;°C.<ref name=Parthe1963>{{cite journal |last1=Parthé |first1=E. |title=Note on the structure of ScP and YP |url=http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S0365110X63000141 |journal=[Acta Crystallographica](/source/Acta_Crystallographica) |access-date=12 December 2021 |pages=71 |language=en |doi=10.1107/S0365110X63000141 |date=10 January 1963|volume=16 |issue=1 |bibcode=1963AcCry..16...71P|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

:{{chem2|4 Sc + P4 → 4 ScP}}

==Physical properties==
This compound is calculated to be a [semiconductor](/source/semiconductor) used in high power, [high frequency applications](/source/High_frequency) and in [laser diode](/source/laser_diode)s.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Karil |first1=Poornima |last2=Karma |first2=Nikita |last3=Choudhary |first3=K. K. |last4=Kaurav |first4=Netram |title=Effect of pressure on structural and elastic properties of Scandium phosphide |url=https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/5.0000475?journalCode=apc#:~:text=Scandium%20Phosphide%20is%20a%20semiconductor,under%20the%20influence%20of%20pressure. |journal=AIP Conference Proceedings |series=Emerging Interfaces of Physical Sciences and Technology 2019: Eipt2019 |access-date=10 December 2021 |pages=030001 |doi=10.1063/5.0000475 |date=29 May 2020|volume=2224 |issue=1 |bibcode=2020AIPC.2224c0001K |s2cid=219883570|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Perkins |first1=Peter G. |last2=Marwaha |first2=Ashok K. |last3=Stewart |first3=James J. P. |title=The band structures and magnetic properties of some transition-metal monophosphides I. Scandium phosphide |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00552849 |journal=[Theoretica Chimica Acta](/source/Theoretica_Chimica_Acta) |access-date=10 December 2021 |pages=555–568 |language=en |doi=10.1007/BF00552849 |date=1 November 1981|volume=59 |issue=6 |s2cid=94901262|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==Chemical properties==
ScP can be [smelted](/source/smelted) with [cobalt](/source/cobalt) or [nickel](/source/nickel) through [electric arc](/source/electric_arc) to obtain ScCoP and ScNiP.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kleinke |first1=Holger |last2=Franzen |first2=Hugo F. |title=Sc–Sc Bonding in the New Ternary Phosphide ScNiP |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022459697977045 |journal=[Journal of Solid State Chemistry](/source/Journal_of_Solid_State_Chemistry) |access-date=12 December 2021 |pages=218–222 |language=en |doi=10.1006/jssc.1997.7704 |date=1 May 1998|volume=137 |issue=2 |bibcode=1998JSSCh.137..218K|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Scandium compounds}}
{{Phosphorus compounds}}
{{Phosphides}}

Category:Phosphides
Category:Scandium compounds
Category:Semiconductors
Category:Rock salt crystal structure

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