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Phosphorus is a
chemical element; it has
symbol P and
atomic number 15.
Elemental phosphorus exists in two
major forms,
white phosphorus and red phosphorus...
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White phosphorus munitions are
weapons that use one of the
common allotropes of the
chemical element phosphorus.
White phosphorus is used in smoke, illumination...
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allotropes are also known.
Gaseous phosphorus exists as
diphosphorus and
atomic phosphorus.
White phosphorus,
yellow phosphorus or
simply tetraphosphorus (P4)...
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Although phosphorus (15P) has 22
isotopes from 26P to 47P, only 31P is stable; as such,
phosphorus is
considered a
monoisotopic element. The longest-lived...
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phosphorus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Phosphorus is a
chemical element with
symbol P and
atomic number 15.
Phosphorus may also
refer to:...
- The
phosphorus cycle is the
biogeochemical cycle that
describes the
movement of
phosphorus through the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. Unlike...
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Phosphorus pentachloride is the
chemical compound with the
formula PCl5. It is one of the most
important phosphorus chlorides/oxychlorides,
others being...
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phosphorus is a
concept to
describe the
point in time when
humanity reaches the
maximum global production rate of
phosphorus as an
industrial and...
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Phosphorus dioxide (PO2) is a
gaseous oxide of
phosphorus. It is a free
radical that
plays a role in the
chemiluminescence of
phosphorus and phosphine...
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phosphorus necrosis of the jaw, was an
occupational disease affecting those who
worked with
white phosphorus (also
known as
yellow phosphorus) without...