Phosphine
Phosphine (IUPAC name: phosphane) is a colorless, flammable, highly toxic compound with the chemical formula PH3, classed as a pnictogen hydride. Pure phosphine is odorless, but technical grade samples have a highly unpleasant odor like rotting fish, due to the presence of substituted phosphine and diphosphane (P2H4). With traces of P2H4 present, PH3 is spontaneously flammable in air (pyrophoric), burning with a luminous flame. Phosphine is a highly toxic respiratory poison, and is immediately dangerous to life or health at 50 ppm Wikipedia
Substance Data
Source:
PubChem (HSDB, 21.10.2026)
CAS-Number7803-51-2 |
Flash Point— | Boiling Point-87.75 ° C |
Hazardous Materials Table
Source:
49 CFR §172 (15 June 2026)
(3) Hazard class 2.3 Poisonous gas |
UN 2199 |
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×Note:Special provisions may be very complex. The extracts are taken from 49 CFR §172.102. Please be careful with the information, as necessary, additional conditions may be applied that are not written here. Please check the original source and report bugs. | 1 | This material is poisonous by inhalation (see § 171.8 of this subchapter) in Hazard Zone A (see § 173.116(a) or § 173.133(a) of this subchapter), and must be described as an inhalation hazard under the provisions of this subchapter. Browse special provision 1 |
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| (9A) Passenger aircraft/rail | Forbidden |
| (9B) Cargo aircraft only | Forbidden |
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| (10A) Location | D Stowage category “D” means the material must be stowed “on deck only” on a cargo vessel or on a passenger vessel carrying a number of passengers limited to not more than the larger of 25 passengers or one passenger per each 3 m of overall vessel length, but the material is prohibited on a passenger vessel in which the limiting number of passengers is exceeded. Source: 49 CFR §172.101(k) |
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Segregation chart for load, transport, and storage
This chart shows whether loading, transport, or storage with other hazard classes is permitted, prohibited, or restricted. Based on 49 CFR §177.848.
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Must not be loaded, transported, or stored together in the same vehicle or facility. |
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May be loaded, transported, or stored together. |
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May be loaded, transported, or stored together only with restrictions. |