Chemistry
Grade-9
Easy

Question

The compound H3P is called:

  1. Trihydro phosphide acid
  2. Hydrophosphoric acid
  3. Hydrogen(II) phosphide
  4. Hydrogen Phosphide

hintHint:

Hydrogen is in hydride form and phosphorus in +3 oxidation state.

The correct answer is: Hydrophosphoric acid


    • The compound H3P has three hydrogen and one phosphorus.
    • The way it is written it seems hydrogen cation but hydrogen is in hydride form and phosphorus in +3 oxidation state.
    • The chemical name is hydrogen phosphide.