Phosphorus (version 1) - Periodic Table of Videos

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Phosphorus (in its white form) is a very reactive element, as this video demonstrates. Phosphorus also plays a vital role in the human body. All the elements at http://www.periodicvideos.com/

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[macntechmd]

I love this guys gray afro!

[frankensteinmoneymac]

OK all I got to say is that the second scientist to speak.....has the absolute most pimpin' mad scientist hair since einstein!!! I wish he were my teacher!

[NANOFORGE]

@macvegard I read somewhere that phosphorus was used in incendariy grenades and rockest ect like you mentioned before the second world war, nowadays incendairy muntions are banned due to be being inhumane.

[test123ok]

nice Tie, Professor !

[macvegard]

@NANOFORGE sorry ran out of space,

i might be wrong, but i havent heard of it being used in any incendary amunition, but it has been used in other incendary weapons, like bombs, shells, and i think it has been used in some incendary grenades.

[macvegard]

@NANOFORGE

im pretty sure its still used in tracer ammunition or "tracers" to make a tail behind them, so the shooter can see and correct where the rounds are going. its loaded at an interval, so some normal rounds and then an incendary round to correct the the aim. it might also be loaded at the end of a magazine to tell the shooter that the gun is almost empty. check wikipedia for tracer ammunition.

i havent heard of it beiing used in incendary ammunition, but it has been used in other inc

[macvegard]

@HayaJi

i am not a professional chemist, but i think it ts because the Hydrogen in the water has got a stronger bond to the Oxygen in the water than the phosphorous would, hence, it won't react.

and no, it is not a silly question, we learn from asking questions! :)

i just noticed, after writing all this, that DANGJOS has already answered your question, but i think my answer is not entireley uncorrect, and a heck of a lot easyer to understand :) shoot me if i'm wrong!

[NANOFORGE]

Was'nt phosphorus once used in incendairy ammunition?.

[PowderedAsh]

Used in thermobaric hand grenades, is white phosphorus

[cokopoofe]

Wow. So there really is a possibility that I'll explode... nice to know. Add it to the list of how many ways there are for humans to die...

[IamMasivers95]

i love chemistry so much.. i know pretty much everything from the proton,neutron, isotopes, valence electrons,halogen and many more.. but sadly i pretty much weak on the calculations.. :(