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Phosphorus
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Phosphorus was found in 1669.
It was discovered by a German alchemist named Hennig
Brandt.
It is never found free in nature.
White phosphorus can make things glow in the dark.
Phosphorus is part of DNA.
Phosphate is in toothpaste, detergents, matches,
fireworks, fertilizer, and in metal coatings.
Excess phosphate in rivers or lakes cause overgrowth of
slimy green algae and makes the oxygen level low.
The atomic number of phosphorus is 15.
The symbol is P.
There is red, white, and black phosphorus.
The white phosphorus is unstable,
flammable, and extremely poisonous.
Atomic weight: 30, 9738 g.
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Phosphorus is found in…
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Russia
Morocco
Florida
Tennessee
Utah
Idaho
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