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phosphorous

/fos-fer-uhs, fos-fawr-uhs, -fohr-/US // ˈfɒs fər əs, fɒsˈfɔr əs, -ˈfoʊr- //UK // (ˈfɒsfərəs) //

磷,磷的,磷的作用,荧光粉

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Chemistry.

    • : containing trivalent phosphorus.

Examples

  • Or, state regulators said, the power company could pay an annual fee — $17 per pound of nitrogen and $270 per pound of phosphorous — totaling $172 million per year.

  • That was especially true for enzymes involved in the microbes’ use of important nutrients, such as carbon, nitrogen, or phosphorous.

  • The urine still leaves the Reclaimer carrying too much nitrogen and phosphorous.

  • So when plants get NPK for free from fertilizers, they pump out far fewer exudates, and mycorrhizal fungi dial down mineral and phosphorous deliveries to almost nothing.

  • Chemical weapons are worse than phosphorous bombs, presumably, but mainly to bystanders.

  • Urban landscapes had been devastated by napalm and white phosphorous; two major Japanese cities had been leveled by atomic bombs.

  • Selenophene was prepared from sodium succinate and phosphorous triselenide, or by conducting ethylselenide through hot tubes.

  • Jerry gave the kite cord a yank, and the phosphorous-covered figure swayed weirdly high in the air.

  • We use black light almost exclusively or activated phosphorous such as on the sheaths of the nerve cables.

  • He had been brilliant to me before that, but the brilliance of phosphorous compared to sunlight now.

  • The phosphorous pentafluoride rains out when the weather gets cold.