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- PHOSPHORUS
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- P
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- 30.975
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- 2-8-5
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- 1.83
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- 44.25° C
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- 280° C
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- Complex Cubic
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- white, yellow, red, violet, black (in various allotropic forms)
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- fertilizers, soldering flux, baking powders, medicine, matches,fireproofing textiles
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- White phosphorus is highly poisonous. It can ignite by simply cutting it with a knife. Red phosphorus is used in making matches.
- Discovered in 1669 by Brand. Name comes from the Greek 'phosphoros'
- (light-bearing).