Boron phosphide BP is a semiconductor and a hard abrasion

Last updated: 7/4/2023

Boron phosphide BP is a semiconductor and a hard abrasion resistance material It crystallises in a zinc blende structure formed from boron atoms in a fcc lattice and phosphorus atoms in tetrahedral holes Thus P atoms must be in 1 of the tetrahedral holes 1 2 of the octahedral holes 8 3 4 Equal to tetrahedral holes of the tetrahedral holes