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Phosphorus toc

History
Hennig Brand, a German merchant, discovered Phosphorous. In 1669, he was trying to make gold by trying to evaporate....urine. He was working on manufacturing gold in Hamburg, Germany. Phosphorus can be made anywhere. It was not discovered, it was accidentally invented.

Physical Properties
Melting Point: 44.1 °C or 11.38 °F Boiling Point: 280.0 °C or 536.0 °F Appearance: white waxy solid, brownish-red powder or black solid. Crystal Structure: Monoclinic Density at 293 K: 1.82 g/cm3

Quick Facts!
Number of protons and electrons: 15 Number of neutrons: 16 First Energy Level: 2 Second Energy Level: 8 Third Energy Level: 5

Did You Know?
Common State at Earth's Temp: Solid It is common!

Isotopes
There are 23 known isotopes of phosphorus. There is one stable isotope and two radioactive isotopes. The last two isotopes are the radioactive ones. P-31 Stable P-32 14.28 days P-33 24.3 days

Nowadays......$$$
In us, phosphorus is found in bones and teeth, lipids, proteins and enzymes. That is why phosphorus is important to the health of body. Since phosphorus catches%2Proxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 ire readily, it is used in all matches.The funny thing about this is that it is also used to reduce hazards of fire. They are in the best flame-retardants for many things that are flammable. Phosphorus is also used as a metal surface cleaning treatment. Phosphorus compounds can be found in tooth pastes, in shampoos, and many more commonly used items. The price is $1200 a ton of phosphorus. That's A LOT of money!! That means for every pound, it costs $1.10!!

What? I Didn't Know That! Cool!
In the 19th century, a Czech name was made up: kostík, from "kost" = bone. The Hebrew name was zarhan which comes from "zarah" which means bright light or illumination. Phosphorus is the Greek word for light carrying or luminous. As I mentioned before, the "creator" found Phosphorus by trying to make gold, after all, he was a merchant.