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Synthesis

Fusion of excess phosphorus and powdered plutonium, followed by distillation of unreacted phosphorus:³

Passing phosphine through heated plutonium hydride:

Physical properties

Plutonium(III) phosphide forms black crystals of a cubic system, space group Fm3m,⁴ cell parameters a = 0.5660 nm, Z = 4, structure of the NaCl type.⁵⁶

References

1. Nuclear Science Abstracts. Oak Ridge Directed Operations, Technical Information Division. 1969. Retrieved 10 January 2022. https://books.google.com/books?id=_q5_eGWjF8wC&dq=plutonium+phosphide+PuP&pg=PA1563 ↩

2. Fundamental Nuclear Energy Research. United States Atomic Energy Commission. 1964. p. 235. Retrieved 10 January 2022. https://books.google.com/books?id=bdQJB2pDwnUC&dq=plutonium+phosphide+PuP&pg=RA2-PA235 ↩

3. Reactor Fuel Processing. U.S. Argonne National Laboratory. 1964. p. 188. Retrieved 10 January 2022. https://books.google.com/books?id=kIVFAQAAIAAJ&dq=plutonium+phosphide+PuP&pg=RA2-PA246 ↩

4. "mp-926: PuP (cubic, Fm-3m, 225)". materialsproject.org. Retrieved 10 January 2022. https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-926/ ↩

5. NBS Monograph. National Bureau of Standards. 1959. p. 65. Retrieved 10 January 2022. https://books.google.com/books?id=SUB7V7hqZTMC&dq=plutonium+phosphide+PuP&pg=RA1-PA65 ↩

6. Gorum, A. E. (10 February 1957). "The crystal structures of PuAs, PuTe, PuP and PuOSe". Acta Crystallographica. 10 (2): 144. doi:10.1107/S0365110X5700047X. /wiki/Acta_Crystallographica ↩