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What are the different meanings of - Phosphor - Phosphorus - Phosphorous - Phosphoric?
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Phosphor = It is any substance that exhibits the phenomenon of luminescence
Phosphorus = It is the element with atomic number 15
Phosphorous = It refers to any compound or ion in which phosphorus exhibits its lower oxidation state of +3
Phosphoric = It refers to any compound or ion in which phosphorus exhibits its higher oxidation state of +5
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What is phosphorus in German?
Phosphor.
What contais phosphor?
Examples: bones, teeth, fertilizers with phosphorus, some alloys, phosphates etc.
Zinc hydrogen phosphate?
Zinc, Oxygen and Phosphor ((Zn3)(PO4)2)
What does phosphors?
Activators initiate, improve, maintain the luminescence of phosphors.,
Are phosphorus and phosphors the same?
No. Phosphorus is a chemical element; phosphors are materials, not necessarily elements, that emit light slowly enough to be useful light sources in the dark, without the need for applied electric current or other external energy supplies. The light emitted may have been absorbed from the environment experienced by a phosphor before its light is emitted and stored in the phosphor in the form of a metastable excited state of an atom, or it may arise from slow chemical reaction among, or radioactive decay of, one or more constituents of the phosphor.
What does Phosphorous mean?
Phosphorous is a non-metallic chemical element with the symbol P and the atomic number 15.
When was phosphor discovered?
Phosphorous was discovered in 1669. But the month and date is unknown. The discoverer was Hennig Brand.
What is phosphorus in German?
Phosphor.
What is phosphor burn-in?
White phosphorus is very flammable.
What is the maim function phosphor?
A phosphor become luminescent in some conditions (in fluorescent lights under electrical discharge); a phosphor is not the chemical element phosphorus.
Function of the phosphor in fluorescent?
A phosphor become luminescent in some conditions (in fluorescent lights under electrical discharge); a phosphor is not the chemical element phosphorus.
Is powdered phosphor deadly?
White phosphorus is very flammable.
What is the name of the alloy composed of phosphorus copper and tin?
This is a phosphor bronze.
What does the television phosphor do?
A phosphor become luminescent in some conditions (as in fluorescent lights under electrical discharge); a phosphoris not the chemical element phosphorus.
Is phosphor an alkali earth metal?
"Phosphor" is not the name of any element and therefore can not be an alkaline earth metal. "Phosphorus" is the name of an element, but it is not a metal at all.
What is phosphor bronze?
It is a bronze containing phosphorus up to 1 %.
What contais phosphor?
Examples: bones, teeth, fertilizers with phosphorus, some alloys, phosphates etc.
