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What is phosphorus?

Phosphorus , ( IPA : /ËfÉsfÉrÉs/, is the chemical element that has the symbol P and atomic number 15. The name comes from the Greek : phÃ´s (meaning… (MORE)

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What is phosphorus ferret?

Osteodystrophy - Defective bone formations, often due to hyperphosphorosis ( too much phosphorous in the diet ) is caused by feeding a diet consisting entirely of, or rich in… (MORE)

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Where can you find phosphorus?

You can get phosphorous tablets in drugstores, and you can buy it to enhance the root growth of plants in certain places for plants, like Valley View farms. There was also a "… (MORE)

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Formula of phosphorus?

The chemical symbol is P It is often used in the form of P 4

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What do you use phosphorus for?

Phosphorus can be found in baking powder that can be sat in therefrigerator. Phosphorus is used to make china and plates. It isalso used to make fireworks, fertilizer, and gla… (MORE)

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Where can you get phosphorus?

Phosphorus is now commonly found in phosphate rocks, but it was first found in urine

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What has phosphorus in it?

Foods that are high in phosphorus are: Rice and oat bran Pumpkin, squash and watermelon seeds Sunflower seeds Toasted wheat germ Sesame seeds and Tahini (sesame… (MORE)

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Is the element phosphorus different from the phosphorus used in phosphorus cycle?

of course, elemental phosphorous is P while in the phosphorus cycle you have mainly PO4 3- called phosphate. It is part of the salts. But remember that P cycle is more complex… (MORE)

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Why do phosphorus smoulder?

The molecules of phosphorus are unstable, making the phosphorus highly reactive. It reacts readily with oxygen in the air.

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Is white phosphorus and phosphorus the samething?

Yes, white phosphorus is phosphorus. Phosphorus has several allotropes: white, red, violet, scarlet, black, and diphosphorus. While all are the same pure chemical the inter-at… (MORE)