Obtention de phosphore élémentaire et de phosphures de nickel par électrolyse de solutions de pentoxyde de phosphore dans des bains à base de cryolithe

By electrolysis of cryolitic solutions of P₂O₅, elementary pure phosphorus is obtained on carbon cathode and Ni phosphides on Ni cathode. The most probable mechanism of phosphorus formation in these conditions seems to be the final dissociation of P₂O₅ in P⁵⁺ and O^2? and the primary electrodic discharge of these ions.