Red phosphorus and bromine

Red phosphorus reacts violently with bromine to produce phosphorus(III) bromide.

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• red
• phosphorus
• bromine
• reaction
• synthesis
• phosphorus(III)
• bromide
• combustion
• flame
• smoke
• PBr3
• tribromide
• experiment
• chemistry
• demonstration
• Filip
• Bihelovic
• Marijeta
• Savic

[donnelrj01]

@TheDrkKnght1988

No shit. The fire not a big enough giveaway?

[TheRolemodel1337]

dont breath this XD

[ninjagonnagitcha]

Stupid bypasser......hey i think you dropped some of your bromine let me get that for you. Man who dropped the bromine........... NO...NO... dont pour that bromine on that red phosphorus!!! Are you stupid??? Stupid bypasser........ Why not, its not like it wil catch on fire or anything?? Man who dropped the bromine...... AAAAAHHHHHH IM ON FIRE!!!! PUT IT OUT- PUT IT OUT!!!!!!! Stupid bypasser.... Oh well that didnt turn out like i wanted it to.......... ...oops my bad!!! lmfao

[spotlightman1234]

@mewrox99 i feel you bro! same thing with iodine, methanol, lithium, and pretty much any chemical a home chemist uses :(

[XsStrongX]

I heard from one of my military friends that white or red phosphorus completely destroys all the air

[maxx1231]

theres no roman numerals, since phosphorus doesnt have more than one oxidation state. since its a binary nonmetal compound, you would use the prefixes, so it would be phosphorus tribromide, PBr3

[ciaoiosonoio]

Wow! Awesome!

[darknightx43]

thanks man youre helping ace my chemistry exams and in a fun way im subbing to u

[mewrox99]

I wish people never made meth because then we could all play with red phosphorus

[iamcharming2008]

POISONOUS FUMES!

[k3n11]

@TheRolemodel1337 damn right, bromine as a gas is corrosive, if you do breath it you wont ever breath again :D