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organic sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Crust_and_organic_sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Compounds" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Compounds"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Compounds</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Compounds-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Compounds subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Compounds-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Phosphorus(V)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Phosphorus(V)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Phosphorus(V)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Phosphorus(V)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Phosphorus(III)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Phosphorus(III)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Phosphorus(III)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Phosphorus(III)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Phosphorus(I)_and_phosphorus(II)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Phosphorus(I)_and_phosphorus(II)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Phosphorus(I) and phosphorus(II)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Phosphorus(I)_and_phosphorus(II)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Phosphides_and_phosphines" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Phosphides_and_phosphines"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Phosphides and phosphines</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Phosphides_and_phosphines-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Oxoacids" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Oxoacids"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Oxoacids</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Oxoacids-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Nitrides" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nitrides"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Nitrides</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nitrides-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sulfides" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sulfides"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.7</span> <span>Sulfides</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sulfides-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Organophosphorus_compounds" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a 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<span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Discovery" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Discovery"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Discovery</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Discovery-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bone_ash_and_guano" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bone_ash_and_guano"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Bone ash and guano</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bone_ash_and_guano-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Phosphate_rock" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Phosphate_rock"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Phosphate rock</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Phosphate_rock-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Incendiaries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Incendiaries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>Incendiaries</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Incendiaries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Production" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Production"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Production</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Production-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Production subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Production-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Wet_process" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Wet_process"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Wet process</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Wet_process-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Thermal_process" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Thermal_process"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Thermal process</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Thermal_process-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Historical_routes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Historical_routes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Historical routes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Historical_routes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Peak_phosphorus" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Peak_phosphorus"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Peak phosphorus</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Peak_phosphorus-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Background" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Background"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4.1</span> <span>Background</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Background-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Estimates_of_world_phosphate_reserves" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Estimates_of_world_phosphate_reserves"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4.2</span> <span>Estimates of world phosphate reserves</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Estimates_of_world_phosphate_reserves-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-United_States" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4.2.1</span> <span>United States</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Exhaustion_of_guano_reserves" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Exhaustion_of_guano_reserves"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4.2.2</span> <span>Exhaustion of guano reserves</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Exhaustion_of_guano_reserves-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Phosphorus_conservation_and_recycling" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Phosphorus_conservation_and_recycling"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4.3</span> <span>Phosphorus conservation and recycling</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Phosphorus_conservation_and_recycling-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Overview" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Overview"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4.3.1</span> <span>Overview</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Overview-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Agricultural_practices" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Agricultural_practices"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4.3.2</span> <span>Agricultural practices</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Agricultural_practices-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Excreta_reuse" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Excreta_reuse"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4.3.3</span> <span>Excreta reuse</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Excreta_reuse-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sewage_sludge" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sewage_sludge"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4.3.4</span> <span>Sewage sludge</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sewage_sludge-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Neutron_transmutation_doping" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Neutron_transmutation_doping"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>Neutron transmutation doping</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Neutron_transmutation_doping-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Applications" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Applications"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Applications</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Applications-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span 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<span>Fertiliser</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fertiliser-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Organophosphorus" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Organophosphorus"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Organophosphorus</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Organophosphorus-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Metallurgical_aspects" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Metallurgical_aspects"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.5</span> <span>Metallurgical aspects</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Metallurgical_aspects-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Matches" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Matches"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.6</span> <span>Matches</span> </div> </a> <ul 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href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8D%8E%E1%88%B5%E1%8D%88%E1%88%A8%E1%88%B5" title="ፎስፈረስ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ፎስፈረስ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-anp mw-list-item"><a href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8" title="फास्फोरस – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="फास्फोरस" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1" title="فسفور – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="فسفور" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosforo" title="Fosforo – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Fosforo" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%A2%D5%A5%D6%80_(%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D6%80)" title="Լուսաբեր (քիմիական տարր) – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Լուսաբեր (քիմիական տարր)" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-rup mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-rup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosforu" title="Fosforu – Aromanian" lang="rup" hreflang="rup" data-title="Fosforu" data-language-autonym="Armãneashti" data-language-local-name="Aromanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Armãneashti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B3sforu" title="Fósforu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Fósforu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8" title="फस्फोरस – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="फस्फोरस" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1" title="فوسفور – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="فوسفور" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosfor" title="Phosfor – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Phosfor" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8" title="ফসফরাস – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ফসফরাস" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%AEn" title="Lîn – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Lîn" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Фосфор – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Фосфор" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Фосфар – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Фосфар" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Фосфар – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Фосфар" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8" title="फॉस्फोरस – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="फॉस्फोरस" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posporo_(elemento)" title="Posporo (elemento) – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Posporo (elemento)" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Фосфор – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Фосфор" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%91%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%98%E0%BC%8D" title="འོད་མ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="འོད་མ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B2sfor" title="Fòsfor – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Fòsfor" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Фосфор – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Фосфор" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posporo" title="Posporo – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Posporo" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfaru" title="Fosfaru – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Fosfaru" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ffosfforws" title="Ffosfforws – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Ffosfforws" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1" title="فوسفور – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="فوسفور" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphor" title="Phosphor – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Phosphor" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%8A%DE%AE%DE%90%DE%B0%DE%8A%DE%A6%DE%83%DE%A6%DE%90%DE%B0" title="ފޮސްފަރަސް – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ފޮސްފަރަސް" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CF%89%CF%83%CF%86%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82" title="Φωσφόρος – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Φωσφόρος" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Фосфор – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Фосфор" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B3sforo" title="Fósforo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Fósforo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosforo" title="Fosforo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Fosforo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B3sforu" title="Fósforu – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Fósforu" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosforo" title="Fosforo – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Fosforo" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B3%D9%81%D8%B1" title="فسفر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فسفر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorus" title="Phosphorus – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphore" title="Phosphore – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Phosphore" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfar" title="Fosfar – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="Fosfar" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfar" title="Fosfar – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Fosfar" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfaar" title="Fosfaar – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Fosfaar" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfaras" title="Fosfaras – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Fosfaras" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B3sforo_(elemento)" title="Fósforo (elemento) – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Fósforo (elemento)" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A3%B7" title="磷 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="磷" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ki mw-list-item"><a href="https://ki.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorous" title="Phosphorous – Kikuyu" lang="ki" hreflang="ki" data-title="Phosphorous" data-language-autonym="Gĩkũyũ" data-language-local-name="Kikuyu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gĩkũyũ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AB%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AB%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%B8" title="ફોસ્ફરસ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="ફોસ્ફરસ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ACn" title="Lìn – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Lìn" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xal mw-list-item"><a href="https://xal.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Фосфор – Kalmyk" lang="xal" hreflang="xal" data-title="Фосфор" data-language-autonym="Хальмг" data-language-local-name="Kalmyk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Хальмг</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B8" title="인 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="인" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-haw mw-list-item"><a href="https://haw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokepola" title="Pokepola – Hawaiian" lang="haw" hreflang="haw" data-title="Pokepola" data-language-autonym="Hawaiʻi" data-language-local-name="Hawaiian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hawaiʻi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D5%B8%D5%BD%D6%86%D5%B8%D6%80" title="Ֆոսֆոր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ֆոսֆոր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8" title="फास्फोरस – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="फास्फोरस" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfo" title="Fosfo – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Fosfo" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosforus" title="Fosforus – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Fosforus" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphoro" title="Phosphoro – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Phosphoro" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Фосфор – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Фосфор" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xh mw-list-item"><a href="https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-Phosphorus" title="I-Phosphorus – Xhosa" lang="xh" hreflang="xh" data-title="I-Phosphorus" data-language-autonym="IsiXhosa" data-language-local-name="Xhosa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiXhosa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPholoba" title="IPholoba – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="IPholoba" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosf%C3%B3r" title="Fosfór – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Fosfór" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosforo" title="Fosforo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Fosforo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%96%D7%A8%D7%97%D7%9F" title="זרחן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="זרחן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C9%94s%C9%A9f%C9%94r%C9%A9" title="Fɔsɩfɔrɩ – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="Fɔsɩfɔrɩ" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%9C%E0%B2%95" title="ರಂಜಕ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ರಂಜಕ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="ფოსფორი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ფოსფორი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Фосфор – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Фосфор" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosforos" title="Fosforos – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Fosforos" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posferi" title="Posferi – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Posferi" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Фосфор – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Фосфор" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosf%C3%B2" title="Fosfò – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Fosfò" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Фосфор – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Фосфор" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Фосфор – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Фосфор" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%9F%E0%BA%AD%E0%BA%AA%E0%BA%9F%E0%BB%8D%E0%BA%A3%E0%BA%B1%E0%BA%94" title="ຟອສຟໍຣັດ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ຟອສຟໍຣັດ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorus" title="Phosphorus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfors" title="Fosfors – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Fosfors" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphor" title="Phosphor – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Phosphor" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosforas" title="Fosforas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Fosforas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosforo" title="Fosforo – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Fosforo" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosforu" title="Fosforu – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="Fosforu" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jbo mw-list-item"><a href="https://jbo.wikipedia.org/wiki/sackycmu" title="sackycmu – Lojban" lang="jbo" hreflang="jbo" data-title="sackycmu" data-language-autonym="La .lojban." data-language-local-name="Lojban" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>La .lojban.</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosforo" title="Fosforo – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Fosforo" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foszfor" title="Foszfor – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Foszfor" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Фосфор – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Фосфор" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AB%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AB%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D" title="ഫോസ്ഫറസ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഫോസ്ഫറസ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%ABt%C5%ABtaewhet%C5%AB" title="Pūtūtaewhetū – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="Pūtūtaewhetū" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6" title="स्फुरद – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="स्फुरद" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1" title="فسفور – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="فسفور" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosforus" title="Fosforus – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Fosforus" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ACng_(ngu%C3%B2ng-s%C3%B3)" title="Lìng (nguòng-só) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Lìng (nguòng-só)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Палыкандор – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Палыкандор" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Фосфор – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Фосфор" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%96%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B7%E1%80%85%E1%80%96%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%9B%E1%80%95%E1%80%BA" title="ဖော့စဖောရပ် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဖော့စဖောရပ်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8" title="फोस्फरस – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="फोस्फरस" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8" title="फस्फोरस – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="फस्फोरस" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3" title="リン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="リン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfoor" title="Fosfoor – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Fosfoor" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfore" title="Fosfore – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Fosfore" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosf%C3%B2r" title="Fosfòr – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Fosfòr" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AB%E0%AC%B8%E0%AD%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%AC%AB%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%B8" title="ଫସ୍‌ଫରସ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ଫସ୍‌ଫରସ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AB%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%AB%E0%A8%BC%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B8" title="ਫ਼ਾਸਫ਼ੋਰਸ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਫ਼ਾਸਫ਼ੋਰਸ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pi mw-list-item"><a href="https://pi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8" title="फस्फोरस – Pali" lang="pi" hreflang="pi" data-title="फस्फोरस" data-language-autonym="पालि" data-language-local-name="Pali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>पालि</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3" title="فاسفورس – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="فاسفورس" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-blk mw-list-item"><a href="https://blk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%96%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B7%E1%80%9E%E1%80%96%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%9B%E1%80%90%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9E%E1%80%BA" title="ဖော့သဖောရတ်သ် – Pa&#039;O" lang="blk" hreflang="blk" data-title="ဖော့သဖောရတ်သ်" data-language-autonym="ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ" data-language-local-name="Pa&#039;O" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3" title="فاسفورس – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="فاسفورس" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B2sfor" title="Fòsfor – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Fòsfor" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphor" title="Phosphor – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Phosphor" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B3sforo" title="Fósforo – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Fósforo" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phuspuru" title="Phuspuru – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Phuspuru" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Фосфор – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Фосфор" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8" title="फास्फोरस – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="फास्फोरस" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B2sforu" title="Fòsforu – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Fòsforu" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorus" title="Phosphorus – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphor" title="Phosphor – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Phosphor" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfori" title="Fosfori – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Fosfori" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfuru" title="Fosfuru – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Fosfuru" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%9C%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A" title="පොස්පරස් – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="පොස්පරස්" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorus" title="Phosphorus – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Phosphorus" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3" title="فاسفورس – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="فاسفورس" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosforos" title="Fosforos – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Fosforos" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%86%D8%B3%D9%81%DB%86%D8%B1" title="فۆسفۆر – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="فۆسفۆر" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Фосфор – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Фосфор" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfori" title="Fosfori – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Fosfori" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posporo_(elemento)" title="Posporo (elemento) – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Posporo (elemento)" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81" title="பாசுபரசு – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பாசுபரசு" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Фосфор – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Фосфор" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AD%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%82" title="భాస్వరం – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="భాస్వరం" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%AA" title="ฟอสฟอรัส – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ฟอสฟอรัส" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Фосфор – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Фосфор" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Фосфор – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Фосфор" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3" title="فاسفورس – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="فاسفورس" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1" title="فوسفور – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="فوسفور" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-za mw-list-item"><a href="https://za.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linz" title="Linz – Zhuang" lang="za" hreflang="za" data-title="Linz" data-language-autonym="Vahcuengh" data-language-local-name="Zhuang" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vahcuengh</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B2sforo" title="Fòsforo – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Fòsforo" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfor" title="Fosfor – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Fosfor" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphor" title="Phosphor – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Phosphor" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosfin" title="Fosfin – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Fosfin" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosf%C3%B4re" title="Fosfôre – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="Fosfôre" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A3%B7" title="磷 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="磷" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>文言</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosforo" title="Fosforo – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Fosforo" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A3%B7" title="磷 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="磷" 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.tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tnone center"><div class="multiimageinner" style="width:242px;max-width:242px;border:none"><div class="trow"><div class="theader">Forms of phosphorus</div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:109px;max-width:109px"><div style="height:80px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wei%C3%9Fer_Phosphor.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Wei%C3%9Fer_Phosphor.JPG/107px-Wei%C3%9Fer_Phosphor.JPG" decoding="async" width="107" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Wei%C3%9Fer_Phosphor.JPG/161px-Wei%C3%9Fer_Phosphor.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Wei%C3%9Fer_Phosphor.JPG/214px-Wei%C3%9Fer_Phosphor.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div><div>Waxy white</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:129px;max-width:129px"><div style="height:80px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Phosphor_rot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Phosphor_rot.jpg/127px-Phosphor_rot.jpg" decoding="async" width="127" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Phosphor_rot.jpg/191px-Phosphor_rot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Phosphor_rot.jpg/254px-Phosphor_rot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="665" data-file-height="423" /></a></span></div><div>Light red</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:240px;max-width:240px"><div style="height:102px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Phosphor-rot-violett.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Phosphor-rot-violett.jpg/238px-Phosphor-rot-violett.jpg" decoding="async" width="238" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Phosphor-rot-violett.jpg/357px-Phosphor-rot-violett.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Phosphor-rot-violett.jpg/476px-Phosphor-rot-violett.jpg 2x" data-file-width="973" data-file-height="417" /></a></span></div><div>Dark red and violet</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:240px;max-width:240px"><div style="height:161px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Black_Phosphorus_Ampoule.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Black_Phosphorus_Ampoule.jpg/238px-Black_Phosphorus_Ampoule.jpg" decoding="async" width="238" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Black_Phosphorus_Ampoule.jpg/357px-Black_Phosphorus_Ampoule.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Black_Phosphorus_Ampoule.jpg/476px-Black_Phosphorus_Ampoule.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2731" data-file-height="1850" /></a></span></div><div>Black</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:inherit; background:#fdff8c">Phosphorus</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pronunciation</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="&#39;f&#39; in &#39;find&#39;">f</span><span title="/ɒ/: &#39;o&#39; in &#39;body&#39;">ɒ</span><span title="&#39;s&#39; in &#39;sigh&#39;">s</span><span title="&#39;f&#39; in &#39;find&#39;">f</span><span title="/ər/: &#39;er&#39; in &#39;letter&#39;">ər</span><span title="/ə/: &#39;a&#39; in &#39;about&#39;">ə</span><span title="&#39;s&#39; in &#39;sigh&#39;">s</span></span>/</a></span></span>&#x20;<wbr />&#8203;<span class="nowrap">(<a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">FOS</span>-fər-əs</i></a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Allotropy" title="Allotropy">Allotropes</a></th><td class="infobox-data">white, red, violet, black and others (see <a href="/wiki/Allotropes_of_phosphorus" title="Allotropes of phosphorus">Allotropes of phosphorus</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appearance</th><td class="infobox-data">white, red and violet are waxy, black is metallic-looking</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left; color:inherit; background: transparent;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_atomic_weight" title="Standard atomic weight">Standard atomic weight</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>A</i><sub>r</sub>&#176;(P)</span></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7001309737619980000♠"></span>30.973<span style="margin-left:.25em;">761</span><span style="margin-left:.25em;">998</span><span style="margin-left:0.3em;margin-right:0.15em;">±</span>0.000<span style="margin-left:.25em;">000</span><span style="margin-left:.25em;">005</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li><li><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7001309740000000000♠"></span>30.974<span style="margin-left:0.3em;margin-right:0.15em;">±</span>0.001</span>&#160;(<a href="/wiki/Standard_atomic_weight#Abridged_atomic_weight" title="Standard atomic weight">abridged</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-CIAAW2021_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIAAW2021-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:left; line-height:1em;"><a href="/wiki/Abundance_of_the_chemical_elements" title="Abundance of the chemical elements">Abundance</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1em; text-indent:1.2em; font-weight:normal;">in&#160;the&#160;<a href="/wiki/Abundance_of_elements_in_Earth%27s_crust" title="Abundance of elements in Earth&#39;s crust">Earth's crust</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1em;">5.2 (silicon = 100)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:inherit; background:#fdff8c">Phosphorus in the <a href="/wiki/Periodic_table" title="Periodic table">periodic table</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; margin:0; background:#f8f8f8; color:black;"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table class="periodictable" style="margin:0 auto"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:none; width:5px"><div style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit; margin:0; padding:0; text-align:center; border:none;"> <table style="empty-cells:hidden; border:none; padding:0; border-spacing:1px; border-collapse:separate; margin:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen" title="Hydrogen"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#ff9999;">Hydrogen</span></a> </td> <td colspan="30" style="border:none;padding:0;"> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Helium" title="Helium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#ff9999;">Helium</span></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Lithium" title="Lithium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#ff9999;">Lithium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Beryllium" title="Beryllium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#ff9999;">Beryllium</span></a> </td> <td colspan="24" style="border:none;padding:0;"> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Boron" title="Boron"><span 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style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Polonium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Astatine" title="Astatine"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Astatine</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Radon" title="Radon"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#fdff8c;">Radon</span></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Francium" title="Francium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#ff9999;">Francium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Radium" title="Radium"><span 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style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Curium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Berkelium" title="Berkelium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Berkelium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Californium" title="Californium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Californium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Einsteinium" title="Einsteinium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Einsteinium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Fermium" title="Fermium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Fermium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Mendelevium" title="Mendelevium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Mendelevium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Nobelium" title="Nobelium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#9bff99;">Nobelium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Lawrencium" title="Lawrencium"><span style="display:block;width:6px;height:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;color:transparent;background-color:#99ccff;">Lawrencium</span></a> </td> <td style="border:none;padding:0;"><a href="/wiki/Rutherfordium" title="Rutherfordium"><span 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energy">Ionisation energies</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>1st:&#160;1011.8&#160;kJ/mol&#x20;</li><li>2nd:&#160;1907&#160;kJ/mol&#x20;</li><li>3rd:&#160;2914.1&#160;kJ/mol&#x20;</li><li>(<a href="/wiki/Molar_ionization_energies_of_the_elements#phosphorus" title="Molar ionization energies of the elements">more</a>)&#x20;</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Covalent_radius" title="Covalent radius">Covalent radius</a></th><td class="infobox-data">107±3&#160;<a href="/wiki/Picometre" title="Picometre">pm</a>&#x20;</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Van_der_Waals_radius" title="Van der Waals radius">Van der Waals radius</a></th><td class="infobox-data">180&#160;pm&#x20;</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a 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href="/wiki/Primordial_nuclide" title="Primordial nuclide">primordial</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Crystal_structure" title="Crystal structure">Crystal structure</a></th><td class="infobox-data">α-white:&#x20;&#x200b;<a href="/wiki/Cubic_crystal_system" title="Cubic crystal system">body-centred cubic</a> (bcc)&#x20;(<a href="/wiki/Pearson_symbol" title="Pearson symbol">cI232</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Lattice_constant" title="Lattice constant">Lattice constant</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="float:right;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Cubic-body-centered.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Body-centred cubic crystal structure for α-white: phosphorus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Cubic-body-centered.svg/50px-Cubic-body-centered.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Cubic-body-centered.svg/75px-Cubic-body-centered.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Cubic-body-centered.svg/100px-Cubic-body-centered.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="109" data-file-height="127" /></a></span></div><i>a</i>&#160;=&#160;1.869&#160;nm (at&#160;20&#160;°C)<sup id="cite_ref-Arblaster_2018_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arblaster_2018-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Crystal structure</th><td class="infobox-data">black:&#x20;&#x200b;<a href="/wiki/Orthorhombic_crystal_system" title="Orthorhombic crystal system">orthorhombic</a>&#x20;(<a href="/wiki/Pearson_symbol" title="Pearson symbol">oS8</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lattice constants</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="float:right;"><span class="mw-default-size 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style="margin-left:0.25em;margin-right:0.15em;">×</span>10<sup>−6</sup></span>&#160;cm<sup>3</sup>/mol&#x20;(293&#160;K)<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Bulk_modulus" title="Bulk modulus">Bulk modulus</a></th><td class="infobox-data">white: 5 GPa<br />red: 11&#160;GPa&#x20;</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/CAS_Registry_Number" title="CAS Registry Number">CAS Number</a></th><td class="infobox-data">7723-14-0&#x20;(red)<br />12185-10-3 (white)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:inherit; background:#fdff8c">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_chemical_element_discoveries" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of chemical element discoveries">Discovery</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a 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title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Category:Phosphorus" title="Category:Phosphorus">Category: Phosphorus</a><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Infobox_phosphorus" title="Template:Infobox phosphorus"><span title="View this template">view</span></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Infobox_phosphorus" title="Template talk:Infobox phosphorus"><span title="Discuss this template">talk</span></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Infobox_phosphorus" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Infobox phosphorus"><span title="Edit this template">edit</span></a></li></ul></div>&#x20;|&#x20;<a href="/wiki/List_of_data_references_for_chemical_elements" title="List of data references for chemical elements">references</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Phosphorus</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Chemical_element" title="Chemical element">chemical element</a>; it has <a href="/wiki/Symbol_(chemistry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Symbol (chemistry)">symbol</a> <b>P</b> and <a href="/wiki/Atomic_number" title="Atomic number">atomic number</a> 15. Elemental phosphorus exists in two major forms, <a href="/wiki/White_phosphorus" title="White phosphorus">white phosphorus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Red_phosphorus" title="Red phosphorus">red phosphorus</a>, but because it is highly <a href="/wiki/Reactivity_(chemistry)" title="Reactivity (chemistry)">reactive</a>, phosphorus is never found as a free element on Earth. It has a concentration in the Earth's crust of about 0.1%, less abundant than <a href="/wiki/Hydrogen" title="Hydrogen">hydrogen</a> but more than <a href="/wiki/Manganese" title="Manganese">manganese</a>. In minerals, phosphorus generally occurs as <a href="/wiki/Phosphate" title="Phosphate">phosphate</a>. </p><p>Elemental phosphorus was first isolated as white phosphorus in 1669. In white phosphorus, phosphorus atoms are arranged in groups of 4, written as P<sub>4</sub>. White phosphorus emits a faint glow when exposed to <a href="/wiki/Oxygen" title="Oxygen">oxygen</a> – hence, a name, taken from Greek mythology, <span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el">Φωσφόρος</span></span> meaning 'light-bearer' (Latin <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Lucifer" title="Lucifer">Lucifer</a></i></span>), referring to the "<a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_(morning_star)" title="Phosphorus (morning star)">Morning Star</a>", the planet <a href="/wiki/Venus" title="Venus">Venus</a>. The term <i><a href="/wiki/Phosphorescence" title="Phosphorescence">phosphorescence</a></i>, meaning glow after illumination, has its origin in phosphorus, although phosphorus itself does not exhibit phosphorescence: phosphorus glows due to <a href="/wiki/Oxidation" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxidation">oxidation</a> of the white (but not red) phosphorus – a process now called <a href="/wiki/Chemiluminescence" title="Chemiluminescence">chemiluminescence</a>. Phosphorus is classified as a <a href="/wiki/Pnictogen" title="Pnictogen">pnictogen</a>, together with <a href="/wiki/Nitrogen" title="Nitrogen">nitrogen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arsenic" title="Arsenic">arsenic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Antimony" title="Antimony">antimony</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bismuth" title="Bismuth">bismuth</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Moscovium" title="Moscovium">moscovium</a>. </p><p>Phosphorus is an element essential to sustaining <a href="/wiki/Life" title="Life">life</a> largely through <a href="/wiki/Phosphate" title="Phosphate">phosphates</a>, compounds containing the phosphate ion, PO<sub>4</sub><sup>3−</sup>. Phosphates are a component of <a href="/wiki/DNA" title="DNA">DNA</a>, <a href="/wiki/RNA" title="RNA">RNA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adenosine_triphosphate" title="Adenosine triphosphate">ATP</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Phospholipid" title="Phospholipid">phospholipids</a>, complex compounds fundamental to <a href="/wiki/Cell_(biology)" title="Cell (biology)">cells</a>. Elemental phosphorus was first isolated from human <a href="/wiki/Urine" title="Urine">urine</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bone_ash" title="Bone ash">bone ash</a> was an important early phosphate source. Phosphate mines contain fossils because phosphate is present in the fossilized deposits of animal remains and excreta. Low phosphate levels are an important limit to growth in a number of plant ecosystems. The vast majority of phosphorus compounds mined are consumed as <a href="/wiki/Fertiliser" class="mw-redirect" title="Fertiliser">fertilisers</a>. Phosphate is needed to replace the phosphorus that plants remove from the soil, and its annual demand is rising nearly twice as fast as the growth of the human population. Other applications include <a href="/wiki/Organophosphorus_compound" class="mw-redirect" title="Organophosphorus compound">organophosphorus compounds</a> in <a href="/wiki/Detergent" title="Detergent">detergents</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pesticide" title="Pesticide">pesticides</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nerve_agent" title="Nerve agent">nerve agents</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characteristics">Characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Allotropes">Allotropes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Allotropes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Allotropes_of_phosphorus" title="Allotropes of phosphorus">Allotropes of phosphorus</a></div> <p>Phosphorus has several <a href="/wiki/Allotropy" title="Allotropy">allotropes</a> that exhibit strikingly diverse properties.<sup id="cite_ref-HW85_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HW85-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The two most common allotropes are white phosphorus and red phosphorus.<sup id="cite_ref-Abundance_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abundance-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>For both pure and applied uses, the most important allotrope is <a href="/wiki/Allotropes_of_phosphorus#White_phosphorus" title="Allotropes of phosphorus">white phosphorus</a>, often abbreviated WP. White phosphorus is a soft, waxy <a href="/wiki/Molecular_solid" title="Molecular solid">molecular solid</a> composed of <span class="chemf nowrap">P<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">4</sub></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tetrahedra" class="mw-redirect" title="Tetrahedra">tetrahedra</a>. This <span class="chemf nowrap">P<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">4</sub></span></span></span> tetrahedron is also present in liquid and gaseous phosphorus up to the temperature of 800&#160;°C (1,500&#160;°F; 1,100&#160;K) when it starts decomposing to <span class="chemf nowrap">P<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">2</sub></span></span></span> molecules.<sup id="cite_ref-WPPoly_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPPoly-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The nature of bonding in this <span class="chemf nowrap">P<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">4</sub></span></span></span> tetrahedron can be described by <a href="/wiki/Spherical_aromaticity" title="Spherical aromaticity">spherical aromaticity</a> or cluster bonding, that is the electrons are highly <a href="/wiki/Delocalized_electron" title="Delocalized electron">delocalized</a>. This has been illustrated by calculations of the magnetically induced currents, which sum up to 29 nA/T, much more than in the archetypical <a href="/wiki/Aromaticity" title="Aromaticity">aromatic</a> molecule <a href="/wiki/Benzene" title="Benzene">benzene</a> (11 nA/T).<sup id="cite_ref-Cossairt-2010_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cossairt-2010-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:312px;max-width:312px"><div class="trow"><div class="theader"><span style="font-family:Sans-serif;font-size:100%;">Crystalline structures of some phosphorus allotropes</span></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:153px;max-width:153px"><div class="thumbimage" style="border:none;;height:141px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:White_phosphorus_molecule.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/White_phosphorus_molecule.jpg/151px-White_phosphorus_molecule.jpg" decoding="async" width="151" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/White_phosphorus_molecule.jpg/227px-White_phosphorus_molecule.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/White_phosphorus_molecule.jpg/302px-White_phosphorus_molecule.jpg 2x" data-file-width="723" data-file-height="675" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center">White</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:155px;max-width:155px"><div class="thumbimage" style="border:none;;height:141px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RedPhosphorus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/RedPhosphorus.jpg/153px-RedPhosphorus.jpg" decoding="async" width="153" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/RedPhosphorus.jpg/230px-RedPhosphorus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/RedPhosphorus.jpg/306px-RedPhosphorus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="663" data-file-height="612" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center">Red</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:171px;max-width:171px"><div class="thumbimage" style="border:none;;height:128px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hittorf%27s_violet_phosphorus.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Hittorf%27s_violet_phosphorus.png/169px-Hittorf%27s_violet_phosphorus.png" decoding="async" width="169" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Hittorf%27s_violet_phosphorus.png/254px-Hittorf%27s_violet_phosphorus.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Hittorf%27s_violet_phosphorus.png/338px-Hittorf%27s_violet_phosphorus.png 2x" data-file-width="4187" data-file-height="3178" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center">Violet</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:137px;max-width:137px"><div class="thumbimage" style="border:none;;height:128px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BlackPhosphorus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/BlackPhosphorus.jpg/135px-BlackPhosphorus.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/BlackPhosphorus.jpg/203px-BlackPhosphorus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/BlackPhosphorus.jpg/270px-BlackPhosphorus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="425" data-file-height="402" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center">Black</div></div></div></div></div> <p>White phosphorus exists in two crystalline forms: α (alpha) and β (beta). At room temperature, the α-form is stable. It is more common, has cubic crystal structure and at 195.2&#160;K (−78.0&#160;°C), it transforms into β-form, which has hexagonal crystal structure. These forms differ in terms of the relative orientations of the constituent P<sub>4</sub> tetrahedra.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>White phosphorus is the least stable, the most reactive, the most <a href="/wiki/Volatility_(chemistry)" title="Volatility (chemistry)">volatile</a>, the least <a href="/wiki/Density" title="Density">dense</a> and the most toxic of the allotropes. White phosphorus gradually changes to red phosphorus, accelerated by light and heat. Samples of white phosphorus almost always contain some red phosphorus and accordingly appear yellow. For this reason, white phosphorus that is aged or otherwise impure (e.g., weapons-grade, not lab-grade WP) is also called yellow phosphorus. White phosphorus is highly <a href="/wiki/Flammable" class="mw-redirect" title="Flammable">flammable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pyrophoricity" title="Pyrophoricity">pyrophoric</a> (self-igniting) in air; it faintly glows green and blue in the dark when exposed to oxygen. The autoxidation commonly coats samples with white <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_pentoxide" title="Phosphorus pentoxide">phosphorus pentoxide</a> (<span class="chemf nowrap">P<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">4</sub></span></span>O<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">10</sub></span></span></span>): P<sub>4</sub> tetrahedra, but with oxygen inserted between the phosphorus atoms and at the vertices. White phosphorus is a <a href="/wiki/Napalm" title="Napalm">napalm</a> additive,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> and the characteristic odour of combustion is garlicky.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="Which combustion product causes this? (October 2024)">why?</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> White phosphorus is insoluble in water but soluble in carbon disulfide.<sup id="cite_ref-Greenwood_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenwood-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Thermal_decomposition" title="Thermal decomposition">Thermal decomposition</a> of P<sub>4</sub> at 1100&#160;K gives <a href="/wiki/Diphosphorus" title="Diphosphorus">diphosphorus</a>, P<sub>2</sub>. This species is not stable as a solid or liquid. The dimeric unit contains a triple bond and is analogous to N<sub>2</sub>. It can also be generated as a transient intermediate in solution by thermolysis of organophosphorus precursor reagents.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At still higher temperatures, P<sub>2</sub> dissociates into atomic P.<sup id="cite_ref-Greenwood_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenwood-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%; margin-top:1.2em; margin-left:20px"> <caption>Properties of some allotropes of phosphorus<sup id="cite_ref-HW85_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HW85-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-berger_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-berger-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Form </th> <th>white(α) </th> <th>white(β) </th> <th>red </th> <th>violet </th> <th>black </th></tr> <tr> <th>Symmetry </th> <td>Body-centred<br />cubic </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Triclinic" class="mw-redirect" title="Triclinic">Triclinic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amorphous" class="mw-redirect" title="Amorphous">Amorphous</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monoclinic" class="mw-redirect" title="Monoclinic">Monoclinic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orthorhombic" class="mw-redirect" title="Orthorhombic">Orthorhombic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Pearson_symbol" title="Pearson symbol">Pearson symbol</a> </th> <td> </td> <td>aP24 </td> <td> </td> <td>mP84 </td> <td>oS8 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Space_group" title="Space group">Space group</a> </th> <td>I<span style="text-decoration:overline;">4</span>3m </td> <td>P<span style="text-decoration:overline;">1</span> No.2 </td> <td> </td> <td>P2/c No.13 </td> <td>Cmce No.64 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Density" title="Density">Density</a> (g/cm<sup>3</sup>) </th> <td>1.828 </td> <td>1.88 </td> <td>~2.2 </td> <td>2.36 </td> <td>2.69 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Band_gap" title="Band gap">Band gap</a> (eV) </th> <td>2.1 </td> <td> </td> <td>1.8 </td> <td>1.5 </td> <td>0.34 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Refractive_index" title="Refractive index">Refractive index</a> </th> <td>1.8244 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>2.6 </td> <td>2.4 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Red_phosphorus" title="Red phosphorus">Red phosphorus</a> is polymeric in structure. It can be viewed as a derivative of P<sub>4</sub> wherein one P-P bond is broken, and one additional bond is formed with the neighbouring tetrahedron resulting in chains of P<sub>21</sub> molecules linked by <a href="/wiki/Van_der_Waals_forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Van der Waals forces">van der Waals forces</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Red phosphorus may be formed by heating white phosphorus to 250&#160;°C (482&#160;°F) or by exposing white phosphorus to sunlight.<sup id="cite_ref-mellor-717_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mellor-717-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Phosphorus after this treatment is <a href="/wiki/Amorphous" class="mw-redirect" title="Amorphous">amorphous</a>. Upon further heating, this material crystallises. In this sense, red phosphorus is not an allotrope, but rather an intermediate phase between the white and violet phosphorus, and most of its properties have a range of values. For example, freshly prepared, bright red phosphorus is highly reactive and ignites at about 300&#160;°C (572&#160;°F),<sup id="cite_ref-wiberg_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wiberg-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> though it is more stable than white phosphorus, which ignites at about 30&#160;°C (86&#160;°F).<sup id="cite_ref-mellor-721-722_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mellor-721-722-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After prolonged heating or storage, the color darkens (see infobox images); the resulting product is more stable and does not spontaneously ignite in air.<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRC-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Violet_phosphorus" class="mw-redirect" title="Violet phosphorus">Violet phosphorus</a> is a form of phosphorus that can be produced by day-long annealing of red phosphorus above 550&#160;°C. In 1865, <a href="/wiki/Hittorf" class="mw-redirect" title="Hittorf">Hittorf</a> discovered that when phosphorus was recrystallised from molten <a href="/wiki/Lead" title="Lead">lead</a>, a red/purple form is obtained. Therefore, this form is sometimes known as "Hittorf's phosphorus" (or violet or α-metallic phosphorus).<sup id="cite_ref-berger_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-berger-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Black_phosphorus" class="mw-redirect" title="Black phosphorus">Black phosphorus</a> is the least reactive allotrope and the thermodynamically stable form below 550&#160;°C (1,022&#160;°F). It is also known as β-metallic phosphorus and has a structure somewhat resembling that of <a href="/wiki/Graphite" title="Graphite">graphite</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Brown_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It is obtained by heating white phosphorus under high pressures (about 12,000 standard atmospheres or 1.2 gigapascals). It can also be produced at ambient conditions using metal salts, e.g. mercury, as catalysts.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In appearance, properties, and structure, it resembles <a href="/wiki/Graphite" title="Graphite">graphite</a>, being black and flaky, a conductor of electricity, and has puckered sheets of linked atoms.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another form, scarlet phosphorus, is obtained by allowing a solution of white phosphorus in <a href="/wiki/Carbon_disulfide" title="Carbon disulfide">carbon disulfide</a> to evaporate in <a href="/wiki/Sunlight" title="Sunlight">sunlight</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-berger_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-berger-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chemiluminescence">Chemiluminescence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Chemiluminescence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:White_phosphorus_glowing_e17.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/White_phosphorus_glowing_e17.png/200px-White_phosphorus_glowing_e17.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/White_phosphorus_glowing_e17.png/300px-White_phosphorus_glowing_e17.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/White_phosphorus_glowing_e17.png/400px-White_phosphorus_glowing_e17.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="714" /></a><figcaption>White phosphorus exposed to air glows in the dark.</figcaption></figure> <p>When first isolated, it was observed that the green glow emanating from white phosphorus would persist for a time in a stoppered jar, but then cease. <a href="/wiki/Robert_Boyle" title="Robert Boyle">Robert Boyle</a> in the 1680s ascribed it to "debilitation" of the air. In fact, this process is caused by the phosphorus reacting with oxygen in the air; in a sealed container, this process will eventually stop when all the oxygen in the container is consumed. By the 18th century, it was known that in pure oxygen, phosphorus does not glow at all;<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> there is only a range of <a href="/wiki/Partial_pressure" title="Partial pressure">partial pressures</a> at which it does. Heat can be applied to drive the reaction at higher pressures.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1974, the glow was explained by R. J. van Zee and A. U. Khan.<sup id="cite_ref-shockinghistory_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shockinghistory-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A reaction with oxygen takes place at the surface of the solid (or liquid) phosphorus, forming the short-lived molecules HPO and <span class="chemf nowrap">P<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">2</sub></span></span>O<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">2</sub></span></span></span> that both emit visible light. The reaction is slow and only very little of the intermediates are required to produce the luminescence, hence the extended time the glow continues in a stoppered jar. </p><p>Since its discovery, <i><a href="/wiki/Phosphor" title="Phosphor">phosphors</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Phosphorescence" title="Phosphorescence">phosphorescence</a></i> were used loosely to describe substances that shine in the dark without burning. Although the term <a href="/wiki/Phosphorescence" title="Phosphorescence">phosphorescence</a> is derived from phosphorus, the reaction that gives phosphorus its glow is properly called <a href="/wiki/Chemiluminescence" title="Chemiluminescence">chemiluminescence</a> (glowing due to a cold chemical reaction), not phosphorescence (re-emitting light that previously fell onto a substance and excited it).<sup id="cite_ref-sommers_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sommers-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Isotopes">Isotopes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Isotopes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Isotopes_of_phosphorus" title="Isotopes of phosphorus">Isotopes of phosphorus</a></div> <p>There are 22 known <a href="/wiki/Isotopes" class="mw-redirect" title="Isotopes">isotopes</a> of phosphorus,<sup id="cite_ref-NUBASE2016_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NUBASE2016-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> ranging from <span class="chemf nowrap"><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:0.5em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">26</sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sub></span></span>P</span> to <span class="chemf nowrap"><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:0.5em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">47</sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sub></span></span>P</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-neufcourt_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-neufcourt-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Only <span class="chemf nowrap"><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:0.5em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">31</sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sub></span></span>P</span> is stable and is therefore present at 100% abundance. The half-integer <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_spin" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear spin">nuclear spin</a> and high abundance of <sup>31</sup>P make <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus-31_NMR" class="mw-redirect" title="Phosphorus-31 NMR">phosphorus-31 NMR</a> spectroscopy a very useful analytical tool in studies of phosphorus-containing samples. </p><p>Two <a href="/wiki/Radioactive_isotope" class="mw-redirect" title="Radioactive isotope">radioactive isotopes</a> of phosphorus have half-lives suitable for biological scientific experiments. These are: </p> <ul><li><span class="chemf nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Phosphorus-32" title="Phosphorus-32"><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:0.5em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">32</sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sub></span></span>P</a></span>, a <a href="/wiki/Beta_particle" title="Beta particle">beta</a>-emitter (1.71&#160;MeV) with a <a href="/wiki/Half-life" title="Half-life">half-life</a> of 14.3 days, which is used routinely in life-science laboratories, primarily to produce <a href="/wiki/Radiolabel" class="mw-redirect" title="Radiolabel">radiolabeled</a> DNA and RNA <a href="/wiki/Hybridization_probe" title="Hybridization probe">probes</a>, e.g. for use in <a href="/wiki/Northern_blot" title="Northern blot">Northern blots</a> or <a href="/wiki/Southern_blot" title="Southern blot">Southern blots</a>.</li> <li><span class="chemf nowrap"><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:0.5em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">33</sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sub></span></span>P</span>, a beta-emitter (0.25&#160;MeV) with a half-life of 25.4 days. It is used in life-science laboratories in applications in which lower energy beta emissions are advantageous such as <a href="/wiki/DNA" title="DNA">DNA</a> sequencing.</li></ul> <p>The high-energy beta particles from <span class="chemf nowrap"><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:0.5em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">32</sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sub></span></span>P</span> penetrate skin and <a href="/wiki/Cornea" title="Cornea">corneas</a> and any <span class="chemf nowrap"><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:0.5em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">32</sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sub></span></span>P</span> ingested, inhaled, or absorbed is readily incorporated into bone and <a href="/wiki/Nucleic_acid" title="Nucleic acid">nucleic acids</a>. For these reasons, <a href="/wiki/Occupational_Safety_and_Health_Administration" title="Occupational Safety and Health Administration">Occupational Safety and Health Administration</a> in the United States, and similar institutions in other developed countries require personnel working with <span class="chemf nowrap"><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:0.5em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">32</sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sub></span></span>P</span> to wear lab coats, disposable gloves, and safety glasses or goggles to protect the eyes, and avoid working directly over open containers. <a href="/wiki/Biomonitoring" title="Biomonitoring">Monitoring</a> personal, clothing, and surface contamination is also required. <a href="/wiki/Radiation_protection" title="Radiation protection">Shielding</a> requires special consideration. The high energy of the beta particles gives rise to secondary emission of <a href="/wiki/X-ray" title="X-ray">X-rays</a> via <a href="/wiki/Bremsstrahlung" title="Bremsstrahlung">Bremsstrahlung</a> (braking radiation) in dense shielding materials such as lead. Therefore, the radiation must be shielded with low density materials such as acrylic or other plastic, water, or (when transparency is not required), even wood.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Occurrence">Occurrence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Occurrence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable selfref">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Phosphate_minerals" title="Category:Phosphate minerals">Category:Phosphate minerals</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Universe">Universe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Universe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2013, astronomers detected phosphorus in <a href="/wiki/Cassiopeia_A" title="Cassiopeia A">Cassiopeia&#160;A</a>, which confirmed that this element is produced in <a href="/wiki/Supernova" title="Supernova">supernovae</a> as a byproduct of <a href="/wiki/Supernova_nucleosynthesis" title="Supernova nucleosynthesis">supernova nucleosynthesis</a>. The phosphorus-to-<a href="/wiki/Iron" title="Iron">iron</a> ratio in material from the <a href="/wiki/Supernova_remnant" title="Supernova remnant">supernova remnant</a> could be up to 100 times higher than in the <a href="/wiki/Milky_Way" title="Milky Way">Milky Way</a> in general.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, astronomers analysed <a href="/wiki/Atacama_Large_Millimeter_Array" title="Atacama Large Millimeter Array">ALMA</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rosetta_(spacecraft)#Gas_and_particles" title="Rosetta (spacecraft)">ROSINA</a> data from the massive <a href="/wiki/Star_formation" title="Star formation">star-forming region</a> AFGL 5142, to detect phosphorus-bearing molecules and how they are carried in comets to the early Earth.<sup id="cite_ref-ARX-2019_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ARX-2019-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PHYS-20200115_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PHYS-20200115-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crust_and_organic_sources">Crust and organic sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Crust and organic sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Phosphorus has a concentration in the Earth's crust of about one gram per kilogram (compare copper at about 0.06 grams). It is not found free in nature, but is widely distributed in many <a href="/wiki/Mineral" title="Mineral">minerals</a>, usually as phosphates.<sup id="cite_ref-Abundance_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abundance-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Inorganic <a href="/wiki/Phosphate_rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Phosphate rock">phosphate rock</a>, which is partially made of <a href="/wiki/Apatite" title="Apatite">apatite</a> (a group of minerals being, generally, pentacalcium triorthophosphate fluoride (hydroxide)), is today the chief commercial source of this element. According to the <a href="/wiki/US_Geological_Survey" class="mw-redirect" title="US Geological Survey">US Geological Survey (USGS)</a>, about 50 percent of the global phosphorus reserves are in <a href="/wiki/Berber_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Berber people">Amazigh</a> nations like <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> 85% of Earth's known reserves are in <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a> with smaller deposits in <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People&#39;s Republic of China">China</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-MJ_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MJ-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, <a href="/wiki/Idaho" title="Idaho">Idaho</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a>, and elsewhere.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Albright_and_Wilson" title="Albright and Wilson">Albright and Wilson</a> in the UK and their <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls" title="Niagara Falls">Niagara Falls</a> plant, for instance, were using phosphate rock in the 1890s and 1900s from Tennessee, Florida, and the <a href="/wiki/%C3%8Eles_du_Conn%C3%A9table" title="Îles du Connétable">Îles du Connétable</a> (<a href="/wiki/Guano" title="Guano">guano</a> island sources of phosphate); by 1950, they were using phosphate rock mainly from Tennessee and North Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-threlfall-51_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-threlfall-51-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Organic sources, namely <a href="/wiki/Urine" title="Urine">urine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bone_ash" title="Bone ash">bone ash</a> and (in the latter 19th century) <a href="/wiki/Guano" title="Guano">guano</a>, were historically of importance but had only limited commercial success.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As urine contains phosphorus, it has fertilising qualities which are still harnessed today in some countries, including <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>, using methods for <a href="/wiki/Reuse_of_excreta" class="mw-redirect" title="Reuse of excreta">reuse of excreta</a>. To this end, urine can be used as a fertiliser in its pure form or part of being mixed with water in the form of <a href="/wiki/Sewage" title="Sewage">sewage</a> or <a href="/wiki/Sewage_sludge" title="Sewage sludge">sewage sludge</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Compounds">Compounds</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Compounds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_halides" class="mw-redirect" title="Phosphorus halides">Phosphorus halides</a>, <a href="/wiki/Category:Phosphate_minerals" title="Category:Phosphate minerals">Category:Phosphate minerals</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Category:Phosphorus_compounds" title="Category:Phosphorus compounds">Category:Phosphorus compounds</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Phosphorus(V)"><span id="Phosphorus.28V.29"></span>Phosphorus(V)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Phosphorus(V)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Phosphorus-pentoxide-3D-balls.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Phosphorus-pentoxide-3D-balls.png/220px-Phosphorus-pentoxide-3D-balls.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Phosphorus-pentoxide-3D-balls.png/330px-Phosphorus-pentoxide-3D-balls.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Phosphorus-pentoxide-3D-balls.png/440px-Phosphorus-pentoxide-3D-balls.png 2x" data-file-width="1097" data-file-height="1100" /></a><figcaption>The tetrahedral structure of P<sub>4</sub>O<sub>10</sub> and P<sub>4</sub>S<sub>10</sub></figcaption></figure> <p>The most prevalent compounds of phosphorus are derivatives of phosphate (PO<sub>4</sub><sup>3−</sup>), a tetrahedral anion.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECorbridge1995_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECorbridge1995-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Phosphate is the conjugate base of phosphoric acid, which is produced on a massive scale for use in fertilisers. Being triprotic, phosphoric acid converts stepwise to three conjugate bases: </p> <dl><dd>H<sub>3</sub>PO<sub>4</sub> + H<sub>2</sub>O ⇌ H<sub>3</sub>O<sup>+</sup> + H<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>4</sub><sup>−</sup> &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <i>K</i><sub>a1</sub>&#8201;= 7.25×10<sup>−3</sup></dd></dl> <dl><dd>H<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>4</sub><sup>−</sup> + H<sub>2</sub>O ⇌ H<sub>3</sub>O<sup>+</sup> + HPO<sub>4</sub><sup>2−</sup> &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <i>K</i><sub>a2</sub>&#160;= 6.31×10<sup>−8</sup></dd></dl> <dl><dd>HPO<sub>4</sub><sup>2−</sup> + H<sub>2</sub>O ⇌ H<sub>3</sub>O<sup>+</sup> + &#160;PO<sub>4</sub><sup>3−</sup> &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <i>K</i><sub>a3</sub>&#160;= 3.98×10<sup>−13</sup></dd></dl> <p>Phosphate exhibits a tendency to form chains and rings containing P-O-P bonds. Many polyphosphates are known, including <a href="/wiki/Adenosine_triphosphate" title="Adenosine triphosphate">ATP</a>. Polyphosphates arise by dehydration of hydrogen phosphates such as HPO<sub>4</sub><sup>2−</sup> and H<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>4</sub><sup>−</sup>. For example, the industrially important pentasodium triphosphate (also known as <a href="/wiki/Sodium_tripolyphosphate" class="mw-redirect" title="Sodium tripolyphosphate">sodium tripolyphosphate</a>, STPP) is produced industrially by the megatonne by this <a href="/wiki/Condensation_reaction" title="Condensation reaction">condensation reaction</a>: </p> <dl><dd>2 Na<sub>2</sub>HPO<sub>4</sub> + NaH<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>4</sub> → Na<sub>5</sub>P<sub>3</sub>O<sub>10</sub> + 2 H<sub>2</sub>O</dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_pentoxide" title="Phosphorus pentoxide">Phosphorus pentoxide</a> (P<sub>4</sub>O<sub>10</sub>) is the <a href="/wiki/Acid_anhydride" title="Acid anhydride">acid anhydride</a> of phosphoric acid, but several intermediates between the two are known. This waxy white solid reacts vigorously with water. </p><p>With metal <a href="/wiki/Cation" class="mw-redirect" title="Cation">cations</a>, phosphate forms a variety of salts. These solids are polymeric, featuring P-O-M linkages. When the metal cation has a charge of 2+ or 3+, the salts are generally insoluble, hence they exist as common minerals. Many phosphate salts are derived from hydrogen phosphate (HPO<sub>4</sub><sup>2−</sup>). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_pentachloride" title="Phosphorus pentachloride">PCl<sub>5</sub></a> and <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_pentafluoride" title="Phosphorus pentafluoride">PF<sub>5</sub></a> are common compounds. PF<sub>5</sub> is a colourless gas and the molecules have <a href="/wiki/Trigonal_bipyramid" class="mw-redirect" title="Trigonal bipyramid">trigonal bipyramidal</a> geometry. PCl<sub>5</sub> is a colourless solid which has an ionic formulation of PCl<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup> PCl<sub>6</sub><sup>−</sup>, but adopts the <a href="/wiki/Trigonal_bipyramid" class="mw-redirect" title="Trigonal bipyramid">trigonal bipyramidal</a> geometry when molten or in the vapour phase.<sup id="cite_ref-Greenwood_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenwood-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_pentabromide" title="Phosphorus pentabromide">PBr<sub>5</sub></a> is an unstable solid formulated as PBr<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>Br<sup>−</sup>and <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_pentaiodide" title="Phosphorus pentaiodide">PI<sub>5</sub></a> is not known.<sup id="cite_ref-Greenwood_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenwood-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The pentachloride and pentafluoride are <a href="/wiki/Lewis_acid" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis acid">Lewis acids</a>. With fluoride, PF<sub>5</sub> forms PF<sub>6</sub><sup>−</sup>, an <a href="/wiki/Anion" class="mw-redirect" title="Anion">anion</a> that is <a href="/wiki/Isoelectronic" class="mw-redirect" title="Isoelectronic">isoelectronic</a> with SF<sub>6</sub>. The most important oxyhalide is <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_oxychloride" class="mw-redirect" title="Phosphorus oxychloride">phosphorus oxychloride</a>, (POCl<sub>3</sub>), which is approximately tetrahedral. </p><p>Before extensive computer calculations were feasible, it was thought that bonding in phosphorus(V) compounds involved <i>d</i> orbitals. Computer modeling of <a href="/wiki/Molecular_orbital_theory" title="Molecular orbital theory">molecular orbital theory</a> indicates that this bonding involves only s- and p-orbitals.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Phosphorus(III)"><span id="Phosphorus.28III.29"></span>Phosphorus(III)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Phosphorus(III)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All four symmetrical trihalides are well known: gaseous <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_trifluoride" title="Phosphorus trifluoride">PF<sub>3</sub></a>, the yellowish liquids <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_trichloride" title="Phosphorus trichloride">PCl<sub>3</sub></a> and <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_tribromide" title="Phosphorus tribromide">PBr<sub>3</sub></a>, and the solid <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_triiodide" title="Phosphorus triiodide">PI<sub>3</sub></a>. These materials are moisture sensitive, hydrolysing to give <a href="/wiki/Phosphorous_acid" title="Phosphorous acid">phosphorous acid</a>. The trichloride, a common reagent, is produced by chlorination of white phosphorus: </p> <dl><dd>P<sub>4</sub> + 6 Cl<sub>2</sub> → 4 PCl<sub>3</sub></dd></dl> <p>The trifluoride is produced from the trichloride by halide exchange. PF<sub>3</sub> is toxic because it binds to <a href="/wiki/Haemoglobin" class="mw-redirect" title="Haemoglobin">haemoglobin</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_trioxide" title="Phosphorus trioxide">Phosphorus(III) oxide</a>, P<sub>4</sub>O<sub>6</sub> (also called tetraphosphorus hexoxide) is the anhydride of P(OH)<sub>3</sub>, the minor tautomer of phosphorous acid. The structure of P<sub>4</sub>O<sub>6</sub> is like that of P<sub>4</sub>O<sub>10</sub> without the terminal oxide groups. </p><p>Symmetric phosphorus(III) trithioesters (e.g. P(SMe)<sub>3</sub>) can be produced from the reaction of <a href="/wiki/White_phosphorus" title="White phosphorus">white phosphorus</a> and the corresponding <a href="/wiki/Disulfide" title="Disulfide">disulfide</a>, or phosphorus(III) halides and <a href="/wiki/Thiolate" class="mw-redirect" title="Thiolate">thiolates</a>. Unlike the corresponding esters, they do not undergo a variant of the <a href="/wiki/Michaelis-Arbuzov_reaction" class="mw-redirect" title="Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction">Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction</a> with electrophiles, instead reverting to another phosphorus(III) compound through a <a href="/wiki/Sulfonium" title="Sulfonium">sulfonium</a> intermediate.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Phosphorus(I)_and_phosphorus(II)"><span id="Phosphorus.28I.29_and_phosphorus.28II.29"></span>Phosphorus(I) and phosphorus(II)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Phosphorus(I) and phosphorus(II)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:YoshifujiR2P2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/YoshifujiR2P2.png/220px-YoshifujiR2P2.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/YoshifujiR2P2.png/330px-YoshifujiR2P2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/YoshifujiR2P2.png/440px-YoshifujiR2P2.png 2x" data-file-width="654" data-file-height="553" /></a><figcaption>A stable <a href="/wiki/Diphosphene" title="Diphosphene">diphosphene</a>, a derivative of phosphorus(I)</figcaption></figure> <p>These compounds generally feature P–P bonds.<sup id="cite_ref-Greenwood_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenwood-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Examples include catenated derivatives of phosphine and organophosphines. Compounds containing P=P double bonds have also been observed, although they are rare. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Phosphides_and_phosphines">Phosphides and phosphines</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Phosphides and phosphines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Phosphide" title="Phosphide">Phosphides</a> arise by reaction of metals with red phosphorus. The alkali metals (group 1) and alkaline earth metals can form ionic compounds containing the <a href="/wiki/Phosphide" title="Phosphide">phosphide</a> ion, P<sup>3−</sup>. These compounds react with water to form <a href="/wiki/Phosphine" title="Phosphine">phosphine</a>. Other <a href="/wiki/Phosphide" title="Phosphide">phosphides</a>, for example Na<sub>3</sub>P<sub>7</sub>, are known for these reactive metals. With the transition metals as well as the monophosphides there are metal-rich phosphides, which are generally hard refractory compounds with a metallic lustre, and phosphorus-rich phosphides which are less stable and include semiconductors.<sup id="cite_ref-Greenwood_17-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenwood-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Schreibersite" title="Schreibersite">Schreibersite</a> is a naturally occurring metal-rich phosphide found in meteorites. The structures of the metal-rich and phosphorus-rich phosphides can be complex. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Phosphine" title="Phosphine">Phosphine</a> (PH<sub>3</sub>) and its organic derivatives (PR<sub>3</sub>) are structural analogues of ammonia (NH<sub>3</sub>), but the bond angles at phosphorus are closer to 90° for phosphine and its organic derivatives. Phosphine is an ill-smelling, toxic gas. Phosphorus has an oxidation number of −3 in phosphine. Phosphine is produced by hydrolysis of <a href="/wiki/Calcium_phosphide" title="Calcium phosphide">calcium phosphide</a>, Ca<sub>3</sub>P<sub>2</sub>. Unlike ammonia, phosphine is oxidised by air. Phosphine is also far less basic than ammonia. Other phosphines are known which contain chains of up to nine phosphorus atoms and have the formula P<sub><i>n</i></sub>H<sub><i>n</i>+2</sub>.<sup id="cite_ref-Greenwood_17-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenwood-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The highly flammable gas <a href="/wiki/Diphosphine" class="mw-redirect" title="Diphosphine">diphosphine</a> (P<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>) is an analogue of <a href="/wiki/Hydrazine" title="Hydrazine">hydrazine</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oxoacids">Oxoacids</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Oxoacids"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Phosphorus <a href="/wiki/Oxoacid" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxoacid">oxoacids</a> are extensive, often commercially important, and sometimes structurally complicated. They all have acidic protons bound to oxygen atoms, some have nonacidic protons that are bonded directly to phosphorus and some contain phosphorus–phosphorus bonds.<sup id="cite_ref-Greenwood_17-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenwood-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although many oxoacids of phosphorus are formed, only nine are commercially important, and three of them, <a href="/wiki/Hypophosphorous_acid" title="Hypophosphorous acid">hypophosphorous acid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phosphorous_acid" title="Phosphorous acid">phosphorous acid</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Phosphoric_acid" title="Phosphoric acid">phosphoric acid</a>, are particularly important. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Oxidation state</th> <th>Formula</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Acidic protons</th> <th>Compounds </th></tr> <tr> <td>+1</td> <td>HH<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>2</sub></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hypophosphorous_acid" title="Hypophosphorous acid">hypophosphorous acid</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>acid, salts </td></tr> <tr> <td>+3</td> <td>H<sub>3</sub>PO<sub>3</sub></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phosphorous_acid" title="Phosphorous acid">phosphorous acid</a><br />(phosphonic acid)</td> <td>2</td> <td>acid, salts </td></tr> <tr> <td>+3</td> <td>HPO<sub>2</sub></td> <td>metaphosphorous acid</td> <td>1</td> <td>salts </td></tr> <tr> <td>+4</td> <td>H<sub>4</sub>P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>6</sub></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hypophosphoric_acid" title="Hypophosphoric acid">hypophosphoric acid</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>acid, salts </td></tr> <tr> <td>+5</td> <td>(HPO<sub>3</sub>)<sub><i>n</i></sub></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metaphosphoric_acid" class="mw-redirect" title="Metaphosphoric acid">metaphosphoric acids</a></td> <td><i>n</i></td> <td>salts (<i>n</i>&#160;=&#160;3,4,6) </td></tr> <tr> <td>+5</td> <td>H(HPO<sub>3</sub>)<sub><i>n</i></sub>OH</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polyphosphoric_acid" class="mw-redirect" title="Polyphosphoric acid">polyphosphoric acids</a></td> <td><i>n</i>+2</td> <td>acids, salts (<i>n</i>&#160;=&#8201;1-6) </td></tr> <tr> <td>+5</td> <td>H<sub>5</sub>P<sub>3</sub>O<sub>10</sub></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tripolyphosphoric_acid" class="mw-redirect" title="Tripolyphosphoric acid">tripolyphosphoric acid</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>salts </td></tr> <tr> <td>+5</td> <td>H<sub>4</sub>P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pyrophosphoric_acid" title="Pyrophosphoric acid">pyrophosphoric acid</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>acid, salts </td></tr> <tr> <td>+5</td> <td>H<sub>3</sub>PO<sub>4</sub></td> <td>(ortho)<a href="/wiki/Phosphoric_acid" title="Phosphoric acid">phosphoric acid</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>acid, salts </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nitrides">Nitrides</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Nitrides"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> The PN molecule is considered unstable, but is a product of crystalline <a href="/wiki/Triphosphorus_pentanitride" title="Triphosphorus pentanitride">phosphorus nitride</a> decomposition at 1100&#160;K. Similarly, H<sub>2</sub>PN is considered unstable, and phosphorus nitride halogens like F<sub>2</sub>PN, Cl<sub>2</sub>PN, Br<sub>2</sub>PN, and I<sub>2</sub>PN oligomerise into cyclic <a href="/wiki/Polyphosphazene" title="Polyphosphazene">polyphosphazenes</a>. For example, compounds of the formula (PNCl<sub>2</sub>)<sub><i>n</i></sub> exist mainly as rings such as the <a href="/wiki/Trimer_(chemistry)" title="Trimer (chemistry)">trimer</a> <a href="/wiki/Hexachlorophosphazene" title="Hexachlorophosphazene">hexachlorophosphazene</a>. The phosphazenes arise by treatment of phosphorus pentachloride with ammonium chloride:</p><blockquote><p>PCl<sub>5</sub> + NH<sub>4</sub>Cl → 1/<i>n</i> (NPCl<sub>2</sub>)<sub><i>n</i></sub> + 4 HCl</p></blockquote><p>When the chloride groups are replaced by <a href="/wiki/Alkoxide" title="Alkoxide">alkoxide</a> (RO<sup>−</sup>), a family of polymers is produced with potentially useful properties.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sulfides">Sulfides</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: Sulfides"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_sulfide" class="mw-redirect" title="Phosphorus sulfide">phosphorus sulfide</a></div> <p>Phosphorus forms a wide range of sulfides, where the phosphorus can be in P(V), P(III) or other oxidation states. The three-fold symmetric P<sub>4</sub>S<sub>3</sub> is used in strike-anywhere matches. P<sub>4</sub>S<sub>10</sub> and P<sub>4</sub>O<sub>10</sub> have analogous structures.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Mixed oxyhalides and oxyhydrides of phosphorus(III) are almost unknown. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Organophosphorus_compounds">Organophosphorus compounds</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Organophosphorus compounds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Organophosphorus_compounds" class="mw-redirect" title="Organophosphorus compounds">organophosphorus compounds</a></div> <p>Compounds with P-C and P-O-C bonds are often classified as organophosphorus compounds. They are widely used commercially. The PCl<sub>3</sub> serves as a source of P<sup>3+</sup> in routes to organophosphorus(III) compounds. For example, it is the precursor to <a href="/wiki/Triphenylphosphine" title="Triphenylphosphine">triphenylphosphine</a>: </p> <dl><dd>PCl<sub>3</sub> + 6 Na + 3 C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>Cl → P(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>)<sub>3</sub> + 6 NaCl</dd></dl> <p>Treatment of phosphorus trihalides with alcohols and <a href="/wiki/Phenol" title="Phenol">phenols</a> gives phosphites, e.g. <a href="/wiki/Triphenylphosphite" class="mw-redirect" title="Triphenylphosphite">triphenylphosphite</a>: </p> <dl><dd>PCl<sub>3</sub> + 3 C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>OH → P(OC<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>)<sub>3</sub> + 3 HCl</dd></dl> <p>Similar reactions occur for <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_oxychloride" class="mw-redirect" title="Phosphorus oxychloride">phosphorus oxychloride</a>, affording <a href="/wiki/Triphenylphosphate" class="mw-redirect" title="Triphenylphosphate">triphenylphosphate</a>: </p> <dl><dd>OPCl<sub>3</sub> + 3 C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>OH → OP(OC<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>)<sub>3</sub> + 3 HCl</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name <i>Phosphorus</i> in Ancient Greece was the name for the planet <a href="/wiki/Venus" title="Venus">Venus</a> and is derived from the <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> words (φῶς = light, φέρω = carry), which roughly translates as light-bringer or light carrier.<sup id="cite_ref-mellor-717_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mellor-717-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> (In <a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek mythology</a> and tradition, Augerinus (Αυγερινός = morning star, still in use today), Hesperus or Hesperinus (΄Εσπερος or Εσπερινός or Αποσπερίτης = evening star, still in use today) and Eosphorus (Εωσφόρος = dawnbearer, not in use for the planet after Christianity) are close homologues, and also associated with <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_(morning_star)" title="Phosphorus (morning star)">Phosphorus-the-morning-star</a>). </p><p>According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the correct spelling of the element is <i>phosphorus</i>. The word <i>phosphorous</i> is the adjectival form of the P<sup>3+</sup> valence: so, just as <a href="/wiki/Sulfur" title="Sulfur">sulfur</a> forms <i>sulfurous</i> and <i>sulfuric</i> compounds, phosphorus forms phosphorous compounds (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Phosphorous_acid" title="Phosphorous acid">phosphorous acid</a>) and P<sup>5+</sup> valence phosphoric compounds (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Phosphoric_acids_and_phosphates" title="Phosphoric acids and phosphates">phosphoric acids and phosphates</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Discovery">Discovery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=19" title="Edit section: Discovery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_boyle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Robert_boyle.jpg/170px-Robert_boyle.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Robert_boyle.jpg/255px-Robert_boyle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Robert_boyle.jpg/340px-Robert_boyle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="429" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Robert_Boyle" title="Robert Boyle">Robert Boyle</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The discovery of phosphorus, the first element to be discovered that was not known since ancient times,<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> is credited to the German alchemist <a href="/wiki/Hennig_Brand" title="Hennig Brand">Hennig Brand</a> in 1669, although others might have discovered phosphorus around the same time.<sup id="cite_ref-disc_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-disc-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Brand experimented with <a href="/wiki/Urine" title="Urine">urine</a>, which contains considerable quantities of dissolved phosphates from normal metabolism.<sup id="cite_ref-mellor-717_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mellor-717-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Working in <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a>, Brand attempted to create the fabled <a href="/wiki/Philosopher%27s_stone" title="Philosopher&#39;s stone">philosopher's stone</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Distillation" title="Distillation">distillation</a> of some <a href="/wiki/Salt_(chemistry)" title="Salt (chemistry)">salts</a> by evaporating urine, and in the process produced a white material that glowed in the dark and burned brilliantly. It was named <i>phosphorus mirabilis</i> ("miraculous bearer of light").<sup id="cite_ref-schmundt_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schmundt-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brand's process originally involved letting urine stand for days until it gave off a terrible stench. Then he boiled it down to a paste, heated this paste to a high temperature, and led the vapours through water, where he hoped they would condense to gold. Instead, he obtained a white, waxy substance that glowed in the dark. Brand had discovered phosphorus. Specifically, Brand produced ammonium sodium hydrogen phosphate, <span class="chemf nowrap">(NH<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">4</sub></span></span>)NaHPO<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">4</sub></span></span></span>. While the quantities were essentially correct (it took about 1,100 litres [290&#160;US&#160;gal] of urine to make about 60&#160;g of phosphorus), it was unnecessary to allow the urine to rot first. Later scientists discovered that fresh urine yielded the same amount of phosphorus.<sup id="cite_ref-sommers_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sommers-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brand at first tried to keep the method secret,<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but later sold the recipe for 200 thalers to Johann Daniel Kraft <small>(<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Daniel_Kraft" class="extiw" title="de:Johann Daniel Kraft">de</a>)</small> from Dresden.<sup id="cite_ref-mellor-717_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mellor-717-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kraft toured much of Europe with it, including England, where he met with <a href="/wiki/Robert_Boyle" title="Robert Boyle">Robert Boyle</a>. The secret—that the substance was made from urine—leaked out, and <a href="/wiki/Johann_von_L%C3%B6wenstern-Kunckel" title="Johann von Löwenstern-Kunckel">Johann Kunckel</a> (1630–1703) was able to reproduce it in Sweden (1678). Later, Boyle in London (1680) also managed to make phosphorus, possibly with the aid of his assistant, <a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Godfrey" title="Ambrose Godfrey">Ambrose Godfrey-Hanckwitz</a>. Godfrey later made a business of the manufacture of phosphorus. </p><p>Boyle states that Kraft gave him no information as to the preparation of phosphorus other than that it was derived from "somewhat that belonged to the body of man". This gave Boyle a valuable clue, so that he, too, managed to make phosphorus, and published the method of its manufacture.<sup id="cite_ref-mellor-717_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mellor-717-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Later he improved Brand's process by using sand in the reaction (still using urine as base material), </p> <dl><dd>4 <span class="chemf nowrap">NaPO<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">3</sub></span></span></span> + 2 <span class="chemf nowrap">SiO<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">2</sub></span></span></span> + 10 C → 2 <span class="chemf nowrap">Na<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">2</sub></span></span>SiO<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">3</sub></span></span></span> + 10 CO + <span class="chemf nowrap">P<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">4</sub></span></span></span></dd></dl> <p>Robert Boyle was the first to use phosphorus to ignite sulfur-tipped wooden splints, forerunners of modern matches, in 1680.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Phosphorus was the 13th element to be discovered. Because of its tendency to spontaneously combust when left alone in air, it is sometimes referred to as "the Devil's element".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEmsley2002_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEmsley2002-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bone_ash_and_guano">Bone ash and guano</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=20" title="Edit section: Bone ash and guano"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DSCN5766-guano-glantz_crop_b.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/DSCN5766-guano-glantz_crop_b.jpg/150px-DSCN5766-guano-glantz_crop_b.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="196" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/DSCN5766-guano-glantz_crop_b.jpg/225px-DSCN5766-guano-glantz_crop_b.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/DSCN5766-guano-glantz_crop_b.jpg/300px-DSCN5766-guano-glantz_crop_b.jpg 2x" data-file-width="558" data-file-height="730" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Guano" title="Guano">Guano</a> mining in the Central <a href="/wiki/Chincha_Islands" title="Chincha Islands">Chincha Islands</a>, c. 1860</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Antoine_Lavoisier" title="Antoine Lavoisier">Antoine Lavoisier</a> recognized phosphorus as an element in 1777 after <a href="/wiki/Johan_Gottlieb_Gahn" title="Johan Gottlieb Gahn">Johan Gottlieb Gahn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carl_Wilhelm_Scheele" title="Carl Wilhelm Scheele">Carl Wilhelm Scheele</a>, in 1769, showed that <a href="/wiki/Calcium_phosphate" title="Calcium phosphate">calcium phosphate</a> (<span class="chemf nowrap">Ca<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">3</sub></span></span>(PO<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">4</sub></span></span>)<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">2</sub></span></span></span>) is found in bones by obtaining elemental phosphorus from <a href="/wiki/Bone_ash" title="Bone ash">bone ash</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LavMem1rySrc_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LavMem1rySrc-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bone ash was the major source of phosphorus until the 1840s. The method started by roasting bones, then employed the use of <a href="/wiki/Fire_clay" title="Fire clay">fire clay</a> <a href="/wiki/Retorts" class="mw-redirect" title="Retorts">retorts</a> encased in a very hot brick furnace to distill out the highly toxic elemental phosphorus product.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Alternately, precipitated phosphates could be made from ground-up bones that had been de-greased and treated with strong acids. White phosphorus could then be made by heating the precipitated phosphates, mixed with ground coal or <a href="/wiki/Charcoal" title="Charcoal">charcoal</a> in an iron pot, and distilling off phosphorus vapour in a <a href="/wiki/Retort" title="Retort">retort</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-threlfall-v_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-threlfall-v-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Carbon_monoxide" title="Carbon monoxide">Carbon monoxide</a> and other flammable gases produced during the reduction process were burnt off in a <a href="/wiki/Gas_flare" title="Gas flare">flare stack</a>. </p><p>In the 1840s, world phosphate production turned to the mining of tropical island deposits formed from bird and bat <a href="/wiki/Guano" title="Guano">guano</a> (see also <a href="/wiki/Guano_Islands_Act" title="Guano Islands Act">Guano Islands Act</a>). These became an important source of phosphates for fertiliser in the latter half of the 19th century.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Phosphate_rock">Phosphate rock</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=21" title="Edit section: Phosphate rock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Phosphate_rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Phosphate rock">Phosphate rock</a>, which usually contains calcium phosphate, was first used in 1850 to make phosphorus, and following the introduction of the electric arc furnace by <a href="/wiki/James_Burgess_Readman" title="James Burgess Readman">James Burgess Readman</a> in 1888<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEToy1975_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEToy1975-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> (patented 1889),<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> elemental phosphorus production switched from the bone-ash heating, to electric arc production from phosphate rock. After the depletion of world guano sources about the same time, mineral phosphates became the major source of phosphate fertiliser production. Phosphate rock production greatly increased after World War II, and remains the primary global source of phosphorus and phosphorus chemicals today. Phosphate rock remains a feedstock in the fertiliser industry, where it is treated with sulfuric acid to produce various "<a href="/wiki/Superphosphate" title="Superphosphate">superphosphate</a>" fertiliser products. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Incendiaries">Incendiaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=22" title="Edit section: Incendiaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>White phosphorus was first made commercially in the 19th century for the <a href="/wiki/Match" title="Match">match</a> industry. This used bone ash for a phosphate source, as described above. The bone-ash process became obsolete when the <a href="/wiki/Submerged-arc_furnace_for_phosphorus_production" title="Submerged-arc furnace for phosphorus production">submerged-arc furnace for phosphorus production</a> was introduced to reduce phosphate rock.<sup id="cite_ref-threlfall-vii_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-threlfall-vii-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mellor-718-720_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mellor-718-720-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The electric furnace method allowed production to increase to the point where phosphorus could be used in weapons of war.<sup id="cite_ref-shockinghistory_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shockinghistory-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-threlfall-xi_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-threlfall-xi-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War&#160;I</a>, it was used in incendiaries, <a href="/wiki/Smoke_screen" title="Smoke screen">smoke screens</a> and tracer bullets.<sup id="cite_ref-threlfall-xi_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-threlfall-xi-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A special incendiary bullet was developed to shoot at <a href="/wiki/Hydrogen" title="Hydrogen">hydrogen</a>-filled <a href="/wiki/Zeppelin" title="Zeppelin">Zeppelins</a> over Britain (hydrogen being highly <a href="/wiki/Flammable" class="mw-redirect" title="Flammable">flammable</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-threlfall-xi_62-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-threlfall-xi-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War&#160;II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Molotov_cocktail" title="Molotov cocktail">Molotov cocktails</a> made of phosphorus dissolved in <a href="/wiki/Petrol" class="mw-redirect" title="Petrol">petrol</a> were distributed in Britain to specially selected civilians within the British resistance operation, for defence; and phosphorus incendiary bombs were used in war on a large scale. Burning phosphorus is difficult to extinguish and if it splashes onto human skin it has horrific effects.<sup id="cite_ref-Greenwood_17-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenwood-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Early matches used white phosphorus in their composition, which was dangerous due to its toxicity. Murders, suicides and accidental <a href="/wiki/Poison" title="Poison">poisonings</a> resulted from its use. (An apocryphal tale tells of a woman attempting to murder her husband with white phosphorus in his food, which was detected by the stew's giving off luminous steam).<sup id="cite_ref-shockinghistory_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shockinghistory-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In addition, exposure to the vapours gave match workers a severe <a href="/wiki/Necrosis" title="Necrosis">necrosis</a> of the bones of the jaw, known as "<a href="/wiki/Phossy_jaw" title="Phossy jaw">phossy jaw</a>". When a safe process for manufacturing red phosphorus was discovered, with its far lower flammability and toxicity, laws were enacted, under the <a href="/wiki/Berne_Convention_(1906)" title="Berne Convention (1906)">Berne Convention (1906)</a>, requiring its adoption as a safer alternative for match manufacture.<sup id="cite_ref-phbook_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phbook-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The toxicity of white phosphorus led to discontinuation of its use in matches.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Allies used phosphorus <a href="/wiki/Incendiary_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Incendiary bomb">incendiary bombs</a> in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> to destroy Hamburg, the place where the "miraculous bearer of light" was first discovered.<sup id="cite_ref-schmundt_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schmundt-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=23" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_site_of_secondary_mining_of_Phosphate_rock_in_Nauru,_2007._Photo-_Lorrie_Graham_(10729889683).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/The_site_of_secondary_mining_of_Phosphate_rock_in_Nauru%2C_2007._Photo-_Lorrie_Graham_%2810729889683%29.jpg/200px-The_site_of_secondary_mining_of_Phosphate_rock_in_Nauru%2C_2007._Photo-_Lorrie_Graham_%2810729889683%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/The_site_of_secondary_mining_of_Phosphate_rock_in_Nauru%2C_2007._Photo-_Lorrie_Graham_%2810729889683%29.jpg/300px-The_site_of_secondary_mining_of_Phosphate_rock_in_Nauru%2C_2007._Photo-_Lorrie_Graham_%2810729889683%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/The_site_of_secondary_mining_of_Phosphate_rock_in_Nauru%2C_2007._Photo-_Lorrie_Graham_%2810729889683%29.jpg/400px-The_site_of_secondary_mining_of_Phosphate_rock_in_Nauru%2C_2007._Photo-_Lorrie_Graham_%2810729889683%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>Mining of phosphate rock in <a href="/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru">Nauru</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 2017, the USGS estimated 68&#160;billion tons of world reserves, where reserve figures refer to the amount assumed recoverable at current market prices; 0.261&#160;billion tons were mined in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Critical to contemporary agriculture, its annual demand is rising nearly twice as fast as the growth of the human population.<sup id="cite_ref-MJ_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MJ-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The production of phosphorus may have peaked before 2011 and some scientists predict reserves will be depleted before the end of the 21st century.<sup id="cite_ref-Lewis_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lewis-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MJ_41-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MJ-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Phosphorus comprises about 0.1% by mass of the average rock, and consequently, the Earth's supply is vast, though dilute.<sup id="cite_ref-Greenwood_17-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenwood-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wet_process">Wet process</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=24" title="Edit section: Wet process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most phosphorus-bearing material is for agriculture fertilisers. In this case where the standards of purity are modest, phosphorus is obtained from phosphate rock by what is called the "wet process." The minerals are treated with sulfuric acid to give <a href="/wiki/Phosphoric_acid" title="Phosphoric acid">phosphoric acid</a>. Phosphoric acid is then neutralized to give various phosphate salts, which comprise fertilizers. In the wet process, phosphorus does not undergo redox.<sup id="cite_ref-KC_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KC-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> About five tons of <a href="/wiki/Phosphogypsum" title="Phosphogypsum">phosphogypsum</a> waste are generated per ton of phosphoric acid production. Annually, the estimated generation of phosphogypsum worldwide is 100 to 280 Mt.<sup id="cite_ref-Taylor_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Taylor-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Thermal_process">Thermal process</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=25" title="Edit section: Thermal process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the use of phosphorus in drugs, detergents, and foodstuff, the standards of purity are high, which led to the development of the thermal process. In this process, phosphate minerals are converted to white phosphorus, which can be purified by distillation. The white phosphorus is then oxidised to phosphoric acid and subsequently neutralised with a base to give phosphate salts. The thermal process is conducted in a <a href="/wiki/Submerged-arc_furnace_for_phosphorus_production" title="Submerged-arc furnace for phosphorus production">submerged-arc furnace</a> which is energy intensive.<sup id="cite_ref-KC_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KC-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Presently, about 1,000,000 <a href="/wiki/Short_ton" title="Short ton">short tons</a> (910,000&#160;<a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">t</a>) of elemental phosphorus is produced annually. <a href="/wiki/Calcium_phosphate" title="Calcium phosphate">Calcium phosphate</a> (as <a href="/wiki/Phosphorite" title="Phosphorite">phosphate rock</a>), mostly mined in Florida and North Africa, can be heated to 1,200–1,500&#160;°C with sand, which is mostly <span class="chemf nowrap">SiO<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">2</sub></span></span></span>, and <a href="/wiki/Coke_(fuel)" title="Coke (fuel)">coke</a> to produce <span class="chemf nowrap">P<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">4</sub></span></span></span>. The <span class="chemf nowrap">P<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">4</sub></span></span></span> product, being volatile, is readily isolated:<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1123817410">.mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su{display:inline-block;font-size:80%;line-height:1;vertical-align:-0.35em}.mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su>span{display:block;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output sub.template-chem2-sub{font-size:80%;vertical-align:-0.35em}.mw-parser-output sup.template-chem2-sup{font-size:80%;vertical-align:0.65em}</style><span class="chemf nowrap">4 Ca<sub class="template-chem2-sub">5</sub>(PO<sub class="template-chem2-sub">4</sub>)<sub class="template-chem2-sub">3</sub>F + 18 SiO<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub> + 30 C → 3 P<sub class="template-chem2-sub">4</sub> + 30 CO + 18 CaSiO<sub class="template-chem2-sub">3</sub> + 2 CaF<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub></span></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">2 Ca<sub class="template-chem2-sub">3</sub>(PO<sub class="template-chem2-sub">4</sub>)<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub> + 6 SiO<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub> + 10 C → 6 CaSiO<sub class="template-chem2-sub">3</sub> + 10 CO + P<sub class="template-chem2-sub">4</sub></span></dd></dl> <p>Side products from the thermal process include <a href="/wiki/Ferrophosphorus" title="Ferrophosphorus">ferrophosphorus</a>, a crude form of <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">Fe<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub>P</span>, resulting from iron impurities in the mineral precursors. The silicate <a href="/wiki/Slag" title="Slag">slag</a> is a useful construction material. The fluoride is sometimes recovered for use in <a href="/wiki/Water_fluoridation" title="Water fluoridation">water fluoridation</a>. More problematic is a "mud" containing significant amounts of white phosphorus. Production of white phosphorus is conducted in large facilities in part because it is energy intensive. The white phosphorus is transported in molten form. Some major accidents have occurred during transportation.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historical_routes">Historical routes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=26" title="Edit section: Historical routes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historically, before the development of mineral-based extractions, white phosphorus was isolated on an industrial scale from <a href="/wiki/Bone_ash" title="Bone ash">bone ash</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In this process, the <a href="/wiki/Tricalcium_phosphate" title="Tricalcium phosphate">tricalcium phosphate</a> in bone ash is converted to <a href="/wiki/Monocalcium_phosphate" title="Monocalcium phosphate">monocalcium phosphate</a> with <a href="/wiki/Sulfuric_acid" title="Sulfuric acid">sulfuric acid</a>: </p> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">Ca<sub class="template-chem2-sub">3</sub>(PO<sub class="template-chem2-sub">4</sub>)<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub> + 2 H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub>SO<sub class="template-chem2-sub">4</sub> → Ca(H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub>PO<sub class="template-chem2-sub">4</sub>)<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub> + 2 CaSO<sub class="template-chem2-sub">4</sub></span></dd></dl> <p>Monocalcium phosphate is then dehydrated to the corresponding metaphosphate: </p> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">Ca(H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub>PO<sub class="template-chem2-sub">4</sub>)<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub> → Ca(PO<sub class="template-chem2-sub">3</sub>)<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub> + 2 H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub>O</span></dd></dl> <p>When ignited to a white heat (~1300 °C) with <a href="/wiki/Charcoal" title="Charcoal">charcoal</a>, calcium metaphosphate yields two-thirds of its weight of white phosphorus while one-third of the phosphorus remains in the residue as calcium orthophosphate: </p> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">3 Ca(PO<sub class="template-chem2-sub">3</sub>)<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub> + 10 C → Ca<sub class="template-chem2-sub">3</sub>(PO<sub class="template-chem2-sub">4</sub>)<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub> + 10 CO + P<sub class="template-chem2-sub">4</sub></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Peak_phosphorus">Peak phosphorus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=27" title="Edit section: Peak phosphorus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Global_phosphate_rock_production_USGS_1994-2022.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Global_phosphate_rock_production_USGS_1994-2022.png/220px-Global_phosphate_rock_production_USGS_1994-2022.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Global_phosphate_rock_production_USGS_1994-2022.png/330px-Global_phosphate_rock_production_USGS_1994-2022.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Global_phosphate_rock_production_USGS_1994-2022.png/440px-Global_phosphate_rock_production_USGS_1994-2022.png 2x" data-file-width="1653" data-file-height="993" /></a><figcaption>Annual global phosphate rock production (megatonnes per yr), 1994–2022 (data from US Geological Survey)<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Peak phosphorus is a concept to describe the point in time when humanity reaches the maximum global production rate of phosphorus as an industrial and commercial <a href="/wiki/Raw_material" title="Raw material">raw material</a>. The term is used in an equivalent way to the better-known term <a href="/wiki/Peak_oil" title="Peak oil">peak oil</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cordell2009_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cordell2009-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The issue was raised as a debate on whether phosphorus shortages might be imminent around 2010, which was largely dismissed after <a href="/wiki/USGS" class="mw-redirect" title="USGS">USGS</a> and other organizations<sup id="cite_ref-VanKauwenbergh_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VanKauwenbergh-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> increased world estimates on available phosphorus resources, mostly in the form of additional resources in <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a>. However, exact reserve quantities remain uncertain, as do the possible impacts of increased phosphate use on future generations.<sup id="cite_ref-Edixhoven2013_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Edixhoven2013-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This is important because <a href="/wiki/Phosphorite" title="Phosphorite">rock phosphate</a> is a key ingredient in many inorganic <a href="/wiki/Fertilizer" title="Fertilizer">fertilizers</a>. Hence, a shortage in rock phosphate (or just significant price increases) might negatively affect the world's <a href="/wiki/Food_security" title="Food security">food security</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AmundsonBerhe2015_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AmundsonBerhe2015-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Phosphorus is a finite (limited) resource that is widespread in the Earth's crust and in living organisms but is relatively <a href="/wiki/Scarcity" title="Scarcity">scarce</a> in concentrated forms, which are not evenly distributed across the Earth. The only cost-effective production method to date is the <a href="/wiki/Mining" title="Mining">mining</a> of <a href="/wiki/Phosphorite" title="Phosphorite">phosphate rock</a>, but only a few countries have significant commercial <a href="/wiki/Mineral_resource_classification#Mineral_reserves_and_ore_reserves" title="Mineral resource classification">reserves</a>. The top five are <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a> (including reserves located in <a href="/wiki/Western_Sahara" title="Western Sahara">Western Sahara</a>), <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-USGS-2023_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-2023-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Estimates for future production vary significantly depending on modelling and assumptions on extractable volumes, but it is inescapable that future production of phosphate rock will be heavily influenced by Morocco in the foreseeable future.<sup id="cite_ref-Walan2014_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walan2014-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Means of commercial phosphorus production besides mining are few because the <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_cycle" title="Phosphorus cycle">phosphorus cycle</a> does not include significant gas-phase transport.<sup id="cite_ref-Neset_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Neset-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The predominant source of phosphorus in modern times is phosphate rock (as opposed to the guano that preceded it). According to some researchers, Earth's commercial and affordable phosphorus reserves are expected to be depleted in 50–100 years and peak phosphorus to be reached in approximately 2030.<sup id="cite_ref-Cordell2009_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cordell2009-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lewis_66-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lewis-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Others suggest that supplies will last for several hundreds of years.<sup id="cite_ref-ifdc.org_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ifdc.org-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As with the <a href="/wiki/Predicting_the_timing_of_peak_oil" title="Predicting the timing of peak oil">timing of peak oil</a>, the question is not settled, and researchers in different fields regularly publish different estimates of the rock phosphate reserves.<sup id="cite_ref-Edixhoven_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Edixhoven-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Background">Background</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=28" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Mined_Phosphate_Rock_1900-2015.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/US_Mined_Phosphate_Rock_1900-2015.png/330px-US_Mined_Phosphate_Rock_1900-2015.png" decoding="async" width="330" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/US_Mined_Phosphate_Rock_1900-2015.png/495px-US_Mined_Phosphate_Rock_1900-2015.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/US_Mined_Phosphate_Rock_1900-2015.png/660px-US_Mined_Phosphate_Rock_1900-2015.png 2x" data-file-width="3209" data-file-height="2063" /></a><figcaption>Phosphate rock mined in the United States, 1900–2015 (data from US Geological Survey)</figcaption></figure> <p>The peak phosphorus concept is connected with the concept of <a href="/wiki/Planetary_boundaries" title="Planetary boundaries">planetary boundaries</a>. Phosphorus, as part of <a href="/wiki/Biogeochemistry" title="Biogeochemistry">biogeochemical</a> processes, belongs to one of the nine "Earth system processes" which are known to have boundaries. As long as the boundaries are not crossed, they mark the "safe zone" for the planet.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Estimates_of_world_phosphate_reserves">Estimates of world phosphate reserves</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=29" title="Edit section: Estimates of world phosphate reserves"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Global_distribution_of_commercial_reserves_of_rock_phosphate_USGS_2016;_GTK_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Global_distribution_of_commercial_reserves_of_rock_phosphate_USGS_2016%3B_GTK_2015.jpg/290px-Global_distribution_of_commercial_reserves_of_rock_phosphate_USGS_2016%3B_GTK_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Global_distribution_of_commercial_reserves_of_rock_phosphate_USGS_2016%3B_GTK_2015.jpg/435px-Global_distribution_of_commercial_reserves_of_rock_phosphate_USGS_2016%3B_GTK_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Global_distribution_of_commercial_reserves_of_rock_phosphate_USGS_2016%3B_GTK_2015.jpg/580px-Global_distribution_of_commercial_reserves_of_rock_phosphate_USGS_2016%3B_GTK_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="912" data-file-height="630" /></a><figcaption>Global distribution of commercial reserves of rock phosphate in 2016<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The accurate determination of peak <a class="mw-selflink selflink">phosphorus</a> is dependent on knowing the total world's commercial <a href="/wiki/Phosphate" title="Phosphate">phosphate</a> reserves and resources, especially in the form of <a href="/wiki/Phosphate_rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Phosphate rock">phosphate rock</a> (a summarizing term for over 300 ores of different origin, composition, and phosphate content). "Reserves" refers to the amount assumed recoverable at current market prices and "resources" refers to estimated amounts of such a grade or quality that they have reasonable prospects for economic extraction.<sup id="cite_ref-Sutton_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sutton-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Unprocessed phosphate rock has a concentration of 1.7–8.7% phosphorus by mass (4–20% <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_pentoxide" title="Phosphorus pentoxide">phosphorus pentoxide</a>). By comparison, the Earth's crust contains 0.1% phosphorus by mass,<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and vegetation 0.03–0.2%.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although quadrillions of tons of phosphorus exist in the Earth's crust,<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> these are currently not economically extractable. </p><p>In 2023, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Geological_Survey" title="United States Geological Survey">United States Geological Survey</a> (USGS) estimated that economically extractable phosphate rock reserves worldwide are 72 billion tons, while world mining production in 2022 was 220 million tons.<sup id="cite_ref-USGS-2023_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-2023-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Assuming zero growth, the reserves would thus last for around 300 years. This broadly confirms a 2010 <a href="/wiki/International_Fertilizer_Development_Center" title="International Fertilizer Development Center">International Fertilizer Development Center</a> (IFDC) report that global reserves would last for several hundred years.<sup id="cite_ref-ifdc.org_80-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ifdc.org-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-VanKauwenbergh_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VanKauwenbergh-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Phosphorus reserve figures are intensely debated.<sup id="cite_ref-Sutton_84-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sutton-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECordellWhite2011_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECordellWhite2011-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Van_VuurenBouwman2010_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Van_VuurenBouwman2010-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Gilbert suggest that there has been little external verification of the estimate.<sup id="cite_ref-Gilbert_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gilbert-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A 2014 review<sup id="cite_ref-Edixhoven_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Edixhoven-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> concluded that the IFDC report "presents an inflated picture of global reserves, in particular those of Morocco, where largely hypothetical and inferred resources have simply been relabeled “reserves". </p><p>The countries with most phosphate rock commercial reserves (in billion metric tons): <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a> 50, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> 3.2, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> 2.8, <a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a> 2.2, <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> 1.8, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> 1.6, <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> 1.4, <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> 1.4, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> 1.1, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> 1.0, <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a> 1.0, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> 0.6, <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a> 0.8.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-USGS-2023_77-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-2023-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rock phosphate shortages (or just significant price increases) might negatively affect the world's <a href="/wiki/Food_security" title="Food security">food security</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AmundsonBerhe2015_76-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AmundsonBerhe2015-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Many agricultural systems depend on supplies of inorganic fertilizer, which use rock phosphate. Under the food production regime in developed countries, shortages of rock phosphate could lead to shortages of inorganic fertilizer, which could in turn reduce the global food production.<sup id="cite_ref-Pollan_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pollan-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Economists have pointed out that price fluctuations of rock phosphate do not necessarily indicate peak phosphorus, as these have already occurred due to various demand- and supply-side factors.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeckenmüllerNaritaKlepper2014_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeckenmüllerNaritaKlepper2014-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="United_States">United States</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=30" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Phosphate_mining_in_the_United_States" title="Phosphate mining in the United States">Phosphate mining in the United States</a></div> <p>US production of phosphate rock peaked in 1980 at 54.4 million metric tons. The United States was the world's largest producer of phosphate rock from at least 1900, up until 2006, when US production was exceeded by that of <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>. In 2019, the US produced 10 percent of the world's phosphate rock.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Exhaustion_of_guano_reserves">Exhaustion of guano reserves</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=31" title="Edit section: Exhaustion of guano reserves"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Guano" title="Guano">Guano</a></div> <p>In 1609 <a href="/wiki/Garcilaso_de_la_Vega_(El_Inca)" class="mw-redirect" title="Garcilaso de la Vega (El Inca)">Garcilaso de la Vega</a> wrote the book <i>Comentarios Reales</i> in which he described many of the agricultural practices of the Incas prior to the arrival of the Spaniards and introduced the use of guano as a fertilizer. As Garcilaso described, the Incas near the coast harvested guano.<sup id="cite_ref-Leigh_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leigh-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the early 1800s <a href="/wiki/Alexander_von_Humboldt" title="Alexander von Humboldt">Alexander von Humboldt</a> introduced <a href="/wiki/Guano" title="Guano">guano</a> as a source of <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agricultural</a> <a href="/wiki/Fertilizer" title="Fertilizer">fertilizer</a> to Europe after having discovered it on islands off the coast of <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a>. It has been reported that, at the time of its discovery, the guano on some islands was over <span class="nowrap">30 meters</span> deep.<sup id="cite_ref-Skaggs_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skaggs-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The guano had previously been used by the <a href="/wiki/Moche_culture" title="Moche culture">Moche</a> people as a source of fertilizer by mining it and transporting it back to <a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a> by boat. International commerce in guano did not start until after 1840.<sup id="cite_ref-Skaggs_97-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skaggs-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By the start of the 20th century guano had been nearly completely depleted and was eventually overtaken with the discovery of methods of production of <a href="/wiki/Superphosphate" title="Superphosphate">superphosphate</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Phosphorus_conservation_and_recycling">Phosphorus conservation and recycling</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=32" title="Edit section: Phosphorus conservation and recycling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nauru-phosphatefields.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Nauru-phosphatefields.jpg/220px-Nauru-phosphatefields.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Nauru-phosphatefields.jpg/330px-Nauru-phosphatefields.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Nauru-phosphatefields.jpg/440px-Nauru-phosphatefields.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>Phosphate mine on <a href="/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru">Nauru</a>, once one of the world's major sources of phosphate rock</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Overview">Overview</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=33" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Phosphorus can be transferred from the soil in one location to another as food is transported across the world, taking the phosphorus it contains with it. Once consumed by humans, it can end up in the local environment (in the case of <a href="/wiki/Open_defecation" title="Open defecation">open defecation</a> which is still widespread on a global scale) or in rivers or the ocean via <a href="/wiki/Sanitary_sewer" title="Sanitary sewer">sewage systems</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sewage_treatment_plant" class="mw-redirect" title="Sewage treatment plant">sewage treatment plants</a> in the case of cities connected to sewer systems. An example of one crop that takes up large amounts of phosphorus is <a href="/wiki/Soy" class="mw-redirect" title="Soy">soy</a>. </p><p>In an effort to postpone the onset of peak phosphorus several methods of reducing and reusing phosphorus are in practice, such as in agriculture and in <a href="/wiki/Sanitation" title="Sanitation">sanitation</a> systems. The <a href="/wiki/Soil_Association" title="Soil Association">Soil Association</a>, the UK organic agriculture certification and pressure group, issued a report in 2010 "A Rock and a Hard Place" encouraging more recycling of phosphorus.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> One potential solution to the shortage of phosphorus is greater recycling of human and animal wastes back into the environment.<sup id="cite_ref-Miller-McCune_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miller-McCune-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Agricultural_practices">Agricultural practices</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=34" title="Edit section: Agricultural practices"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Reducing agricultural runoff and soil erosion can slow the frequency with which farmers have to reapply phosphorus to their fields. Agricultural methods such as <a href="/wiki/No-till_farming" title="No-till farming">no-till farming</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terrace_(agriculture)" class="mw-redirect" title="Terrace (agriculture)">terracing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Contour_plowing" title="Contour plowing">contour tilling</a>, and the use of <a href="/wiki/Windbreak" title="Windbreak">windbreaks</a> have been shown to reduce the rate of phosphorus depletion from farmland. These methods are still dependent on a periodic application of phosphate rock to the soil and as such methods to recycle the lost phosphorus have also been proposed. Perennial vegetation, such as grassland or forest, is much more efficient in its use of phosphate than arable land. Strips of grassland and/or forest between arable land and rivers can greatly reduce losses of phosphate and other nutrients.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Integrated farming systems which use animal sources to supply phosphorus for crops do exist at smaller scales, and application of the system to a larger scale is a potential alternative for supplying the nutrient, although it would require significant changes to the widely adopted modern crop fertilizing methods. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Excreta_reuse">Excreta reuse</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=35" title="Edit section: Excreta reuse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Excreta_reuse" class="mw-redirect" title="Excreta reuse">Excreta reuse</a></div> <p>The oldest method of recycling phosphorus is through the reuse of animal <a href="/wiki/Manure" title="Manure">manure</a> and human <a href="/wiki/Excreta" class="mw-redirect" title="Excreta">excreta</a> in agriculture. Via this method, phosphorus in the foods consumed are excreted, and the animal or human excreta are subsequently collected and re-applied to the fields. Although this method has maintained civilizations for centuries the current system of manure management is not logistically geared towards application to crop fields on a large scale. At present, manure application could not meet the phosphorus needs of large scale agriculture. Despite that, it is still an efficient method of recycling used phosphorus and returning it to the soil. There are concerns with pathogens in manure and human excreta, but those pathogens can be eliminated via suitable treatment. However, especially in the <a href="/wiki/Global_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Global South">Global South</a> these processes are not always followed, leading to outbreaks of diseases transmitted via the <a href="/wiki/Fecal%E2%80%93oral_route" title="Fecal–oral route">fecal–oral route</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Cholera" title="Cholera">cholera</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Sewage_sludge">Sewage sludge</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=36" title="Edit section: Sewage sludge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sewage treatment plants that have an <a href="/wiki/Enhanced_biological_phosphorus_removal" title="Enhanced biological phosphorus removal">enhanced biological phosphorus removal</a> step produce a <a href="/wiki/Sewage_sludge" title="Sewage sludge">sewage sludge</a> that is rich in phosphorus. Various processes have been developed to extract phosphorus from sewage sludge directly, from the ash after <a href="/wiki/Incineration" title="Incineration">incineration</a> of the sewage sludge or from other products of <a href="/wiki/Sewage_sludge_treatment" title="Sewage sludge treatment">sewage sludge treatment</a>. This includes the extraction of phosphorus rich materials such as <a href="/wiki/Struvite" title="Struvite">struvite</a> from waste processing plants.<sup id="cite_ref-Gilbert_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gilbert-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The struvite can be made by adding magnesium to the waste. Some companies such as Ostara in Canada and NuReSys in Belgium are already using this technique to recover phosphate.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Research on phosphorus recovery methods from sewage sludge has been carried out in Sweden and Germany since around 2003, but the technologies currently under development are not yet cost effective, given the current price of phosphorus on the world market.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Neutron_transmutation_doping">Neutron transmutation doping</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=37" title="Edit section: Neutron transmutation doping"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The above routes refer to "production" in the <i>chemical</i> sense i.e. extracting a desired element or compound from a source without changing the atoms themselves. However, there is a process which produces phosphorus in a <i>nuclear</i> sense in that atoms of another element are turned into phosphorus. While the amount of phosphorus produced this way is minuscule, it is nonetheless a crucial process in semiconductor production. </p><p>Neutron <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_transmutation" title="Nuclear transmutation">transmutation</a> doping (NTD) is an unusual doping method for special applications. Most commonly, it is used to dope silicon n-type in high-power electronics and <a href="/wiki/Semiconductor_detector" title="Semiconductor detector">semiconductor detectors</a>. It is based on the conversion of the <sup>30</sup>Si isotope into phosphorus atoms by <a href="/wiki/Neutron_absorption" class="mw-redirect" title="Neutron absorption">neutron absorption</a> and <a href="/wiki/Beta_decay" title="Beta decay">beta decay</a> as follows: </p><p><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-display mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math display="block" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle ^{30}\mathrm {Si} \,(n,\gamma )\,^{31}\mathrm {Si} \rightarrow \,^{31}\mathrm {P} +\beta ^{-}\;(T_{1/2}=2.62\mathrm {h} ).}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msup> <mi></mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>30</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi mathvariant="normal">S</mi> <mi mathvariant="normal">i</mi> </mrow> <mspace width="thinmathspace" /> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>n</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>&#x03B3;<!-- γ --></mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <msup> <mspace width="thinmathspace" /> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>31</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi mathvariant="normal">S</mi> <mi mathvariant="normal">i</mi> </mrow> <mo stretchy="false">&#x2192;<!-- → --></mo> <msup> <mspace width="thinmathspace" /> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>31</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi mathvariant="normal">P</mi> </mrow> <mo>+</mo> <msup> <mi>&#x03B2;<!-- β --></mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>&#x2212;<!-- − --></mo> </mrow> </msup> <mspace width="thickmathspace" /> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <msub> <mi>T</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>/</mo> </mrow> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mn>2.62</mn> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi mathvariant="normal">h</mi> </mrow> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle ^{30}\mathrm {Si} \,(n,\gamma )\,^{31}\mathrm {Si} \rightarrow \,^{31}\mathrm {P} +\beta ^{-}\;(T_{1/2}=2.62\mathrm {h} ).}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/d4b8861f979cbcc314b5ae3d54aaf2af6d39d2e4" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-display mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.171ex; width:42.736ex; height:3.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle ^{30}\mathrm {Si} \,(n,\gamma )\,^{31}\mathrm {Si} \rightarrow \,^{31}\mathrm {P} +\beta ^{-}\;(T_{1/2}=2.62\mathrm {h} ).}"></span> In practice, the silicon is typically placed near or inside a <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_reactor" title="Nuclear reactor">nuclear reactor</a> (most commonly a <a href="/wiki/Research_reactor" title="Research reactor">research reactor</a> e.g. the one at <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">MIT</a><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>) to receive the neutrons. As neutrons continue to pass through the silicon, more and more phosphorus atoms are produced by transmutation, and therefore the doping becomes more and more strongly n-type. NTD is a far less common doping method than diffusion or ion implantation, but it has the advantage of creating an extremely uniform dopant distribution.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Applications">Applications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=38" title="Edit section: Applications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flame_retardant">Flame retardant</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=39" title="Edit section: Flame retardant"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Phosphorus compounds are used as flame retardants. Flame-retardant materials and coatings are being developed that are both phosphorus- and bio-based.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Food_additive">Food additive</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=40" title="Edit section: Food additive"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Phosphorus is an essential <a href="/wiki/Mineral_(nutrient)" title="Mineral (nutrient)">mineral</a> for humans listed in the <a href="/wiki/Dietary_Reference_Intake#Minerals" title="Dietary Reference Intake">Dietary Reference Intake</a> (DRI). </p><p>Food-grade <a href="/wiki/Phosphoric_acid" title="Phosphoric acid">phosphoric acid</a> (additive <a href="/wiki/E_number" title="E number">E338</a><sup id="cite_ref-fgovuk_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fgovuk-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>) is used to acidify foods and beverages such as various <a href="/wiki/Cola" title="Cola">colas</a> and jams, providing a tangy or sour taste. The phosphoric acid also serves as a <a href="/wiki/Preservative" title="Preservative">preservative</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Soft drinks containing phosphoric acid, including <a href="/wiki/Coca-Cola" title="Coca-Cola">Coca-Cola</a>, are sometimes called <a href="/wiki/Phosphate_soda" title="Phosphate soda">phosphate sodas</a> or phosphates. Phosphoric acid in soft drinks has the potential to cause dental erosion.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Phosphoric acid also has the potential to contribute to the formation of <a href="/wiki/Kidney_stone_disease" title="Kidney stone disease">kidney stones</a>, especially in those who have had kidney stones previously.<sup id="cite_ref-Qa2014_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Qa2014-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fertiliser">Fertiliser</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=41" title="Edit section: Fertiliser"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Fertiliser" class="mw-redirect" title="Fertiliser">Fertiliser</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_cycle" title="Phosphorus cycle">Phosphorus cycle</a></div> <p>Phosphorus is an essential plant nutrient (the most often limiting nutrient, after <a href="/wiki/Nitrogen" title="Nitrogen">nitrogen</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-et_112-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-et-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the bulk of all phosphorus production is in concentrated phosphoric acids for <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agriculture</a> <a href="/wiki/Fertiliser" class="mw-redirect" title="Fertiliser">fertilisers</a>, containing as much as 70% to 75% P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>. That led to large increase in <a href="/wiki/Phosphate" title="Phosphate">phosphate</a> (PO<sub>4</sub><sup>3−</sup>) production in the second half of the 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-MJ_41-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MJ-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Artificial phosphate fertilisation is necessary because phosphorus is essential to all living organisms; it is involved in energy transfers, strength of root and stems, <a href="/wiki/Photosynthesis" title="Photosynthesis">photosynthesis</a>, the expansion of <a href="/wiki/Plant_roots" class="mw-redirect" title="Plant roots">plant roots</a>, formation of seeds and flowers, and other important factors effecting overall plant health and genetics.<sup id="cite_ref-et_112-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-et-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Heavy use of phosphorus fertilizers and their runoff have resulted in <a href="/wiki/Eutrophication" title="Eutrophication">eutrophication</a> (overenrichment) of <a href="/wiki/Aquatic_ecosystem" title="Aquatic ecosystem">aquatic ecosystems</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Carpenter_2005_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carpenter_2005-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Conley_2009_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conley_2009-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Natural phosphorus-bearing compounds are mostly inaccessible to plants because of the low solubility and mobility in soil.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Most phosphorus is very stable in the soil minerals or organic matter of the soil. Even when phosphorus is added in manure or fertilizer it can become fixed in the soil. Therefore, the natural <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_cycle" title="Phosphorus cycle">phosphorus cycle</a> is very slow. Some of the fixed phosphorus is released again over time, sustaining wild plant growth, however, more is needed to sustain intensive cultivation of crops.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Fertiliser is often in the form of superphosphate of lime, a mixture of calcium dihydrogen phosphate (Ca(H<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>), and calcium sulfate dihydrate (CaSO<sub>4</sub>·2H<sub>2</sub>O) produced reacting sulfuric acid and water with <a href="/wiki/Calcium_phosphate" title="Calcium phosphate">calcium phosphate</a>. </p><p>Processing phosphate minerals with sulfuric acid for obtaining fertiliser is so important to the global economy that this is the primary industrial market for <a href="/wiki/Sulfuric_acid" title="Sulfuric acid">sulfuric acid</a> and the greatest industrial use of elemental <a href="/wiki/Sulfur" title="Sulfur">sulfur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Widely used compounds</th> <th>Use </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Monocalcium_phosphate" title="Monocalcium phosphate">Ca(H<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>·H<sub>2</sub>O</a></td> <td>Baking powder and fertilisers </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dicalcium_phosphate" title="Dicalcium phosphate">CaHPO<sub>4</sub>·2H<sub>2</sub>O</a></td> <td>Animal food additive, toothpowder </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Phosphoric_acid" title="Phosphoric acid">H<sub>3</sub>PO<sub>4</sub></a></td> <td>Manufacture of phosphate fertilisers </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_trichloride" title="Phosphorus trichloride">PCl<sub>3</sub></a></td> <td>Manufacture of POCl<sub>3</sub> and pesticides </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Phosphoryl_chloride" title="Phosphoryl chloride">POCl<sub>3</sub></a></td> <td>Manufacture of plasticiser </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_pentasulfide" title="Phosphorus pentasulfide">P<sub>4</sub>S<sub>10</sub></a></td> <td>Manufacturing of additives and pesticides </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sodium_triphosphate" title="Sodium triphosphate">Na<sub>5</sub>P<sub>3</sub>O<sub>10</sub></a></td> <td>Detergents </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Organophosphorus">Organophosphorus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=42" title="Edit section: Organophosphorus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>White phosphorus is widely used to make <a href="/wiki/Organophosphorus_compound" class="mw-redirect" title="Organophosphorus compound">organophosphorus compounds</a> through intermediate <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_chlorides" class="mw-redirect" title="Phosphorus chlorides">phosphorus chlorides</a> and two phosphorus sulfides, <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_pentasulfide" title="Phosphorus pentasulfide">phosphorus pentasulfide</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_sesquisulfide" title="Phosphorus sesquisulfide">phosphorus sesquisulfide</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThrelfall1951_118-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThrelfall1951-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Organophosphorus compounds have many applications, including in <a href="/wiki/Plasticizer" title="Plasticizer">plasticisers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flame_retardant" title="Flame retardant">flame retardants</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pesticide" title="Pesticide">pesticides</a>, extraction agents, nerve agents and <a href="/wiki/Water_treatment" title="Water treatment">water treatment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Greenwood_17-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenwood-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDiskowskiHofmann_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDiskowskiHofmann-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Metallurgical_aspects">Metallurgical aspects</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=43" title="Edit section: Metallurgical aspects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Phosphorus is also an important component in <a href="/wiki/Steel" title="Steel">steel</a> production, in the making of <a href="/wiki/Phosphor_bronze" title="Phosphor bronze">phosphor bronze</a>, and in many other related products.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Phosphorus is added to metallic copper during its smelting process to react with oxygen present as an impurity in copper and to produce phosphorus-containing copper (<a href="/wiki/CuOFP" class="mw-redirect" title="CuOFP">CuOFP</a>) alloys with a higher <a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_embrittlement" title="Hydrogen embrittlement">hydrogen embrittlement</a> resistance than normal copper.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Phosphate_conversion_coating" title="Phosphate conversion coating">Phosphate conversion coating</a> is a chemical treatment applied to steel parts to improve their corrosion resistance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Matches">Matches</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=44" title="Edit section: Matches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Match_striking_surface.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Match_striking_surface.jpg/220px-Match_striking_surface.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Match_striking_surface.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="240" /></a><figcaption>Match striking surface made of a mixture of red phosphorus, glue and ground glass. The glass powder is used to increase the friction.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Match" title="Match">Match</a></div> <p>The first striking match with a phosphorus head was invented by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Sauria" title="Charles Sauria">Charles Sauria</a> in 1830. These matches (and subsequent modifications) were made with heads of white phosphorus, an oxygen-releasing compound (<a href="/wiki/Potassium_chlorate" title="Potassium chlorate">potassium chlorate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lead_dioxide" title="Lead dioxide">lead dioxide</a>, or sometimes <a href="/wiki/Nitrate" title="Nitrate">nitrate</a>), and a binder. They were poisonous to the workers in manufacture,<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> sensitive to storage conditions, toxic if ingested, and hazardous when accidentally ignited on a rough surface.<sup id="cite_ref-crass9_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crass9-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Production in several countries was banned between 1872 and 1925.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The international <a href="/wiki/Berne_Convention_(1906)" title="Berne Convention (1906)">Berne Convention</a>, ratified in 1906, prohibited the use of white phosphorus in matches. </p><p>In consequence, phosphorous matches were gradually replaced by safer alternatives. Around 1900 French chemists Henri Sévène and Emile David Cahen invented the modern strike-anywhere match, wherein the white phosphorus was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus_sesquisulfide" title="Phosphorus sesquisulfide">phosphorus sesquisulfide</a> (P<sub>4</sub>S<sub>3</sub>), a non-toxic and non-pyrophoric compound that ignites under friction. For a time these safer strike-anywhere matches were quite popular but in the long run they were superseded by the modern safety match. </p><p>Safety matches are very difficult to ignite on any surface other than a special striker strip. The strip contains non-toxic red phosphorus and the match head <a href="/wiki/Potassium_chlorate" title="Potassium chlorate">potassium chlorate</a>, an oxygen-releasing compound. When struck, small amounts of <a href="/wiki/Abrasion_(mechanical)" title="Abrasion (mechanical)">abrasion</a> from match head and striker strip are mixed intimately to make a small quantity of <a href="/wiki/Armstrong%27s_mixture" title="Armstrong&#39;s mixture">Armstrong's mixture</a>, a very touch sensitive composition. The fine powder ignites immediately and provides the initial spark to set off the match head. Safety matches separate the two components of the ignition mixture until the match is struck. This is the key safety advantage as it prevents accidental ignition. Nonetheless, safety matches, invented in 1844 by <a href="/wiki/Gustaf_Erik_Pasch" title="Gustaf Erik Pasch">Gustaf Erik Pasch</a> and market ready by the 1860s, did not gain consumer acceptance until the prohibition of white phosphorus. Using a dedicated striker strip was considered clumsy.<sup id="cite_ref-wiberg_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wiberg-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThrelfall1951_118-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThrelfall1951-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hardt_2001_127-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hardt_2001-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Water_softening">Water softening</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=45" title="Edit section: Water softening"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sodium_tripolyphosphate" class="mw-redirect" title="Sodium tripolyphosphate">Sodium tripolyphosphate</a> made from phosphoric acid is used in laundry detergents in some countries, but banned for this use in others.<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRC-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This compound softens the water to enhance the performance of the detergents and to prevent pipe/boiler tube <a href="/wiki/Corrosion" title="Corrosion">corrosion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchrödterBettermannStaffelWahl_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchrödterBettermannStaffelWahl-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=46" title="Edit section: Miscellaneous"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Phosphates are used to make special glasses for <a href="/wiki/Sodium_lamp" class="mw-redirect" title="Sodium lamp">sodium lamps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRC-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Bone-ash (mostly <a href="/wiki/Calcium_phosphate" title="Calcium phosphate">calcium phosphate</a>) is used in the production of fine china.<sup id="cite_ref-CRC_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRC-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Phosphoric acid made from elemental phosphorus is used in food applications such as <a href="/wiki/Soft_drink#Phosphate_soda" title="Soft drink">soft drinks</a>, and as a starting point for food grade phosphates.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThrelfall1951_118-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThrelfall1951-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These include <a href="/wiki/Monocalcium_phosphate" title="Monocalcium phosphate">monocalcium phosphate</a> for <a href="/wiki/Baking_powder" title="Baking powder">baking powder</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sodium_tripolyphosphate" class="mw-redirect" title="Sodium tripolyphosphate">sodium tripolyphosphate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThrelfall1951_118-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThrelfall1951-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Phosphates are used to improve the characteristics of processed meat and <a href="/wiki/Cheese" title="Cheese">cheese</a>, and in toothpaste.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThrelfall1951_118-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThrelfall1951-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_phosphorus_munitions" class="mw-redirect" title="White phosphorus munitions">White phosphorus</a>, called "WP" (slang term "Willie Peter") is used in <a href="/wiki/Military" title="Military">military</a> applications as <a href="/wiki/Incendiary_device" title="Incendiary device">incendiary bombs</a>, for <a href="/wiki/Smoke-screen" class="mw-redirect" title="Smoke-screen">smoke-screening</a> as smoke pots and <a href="/wiki/Smoke_bomb" title="Smoke bomb">smoke bombs</a>, and in <a href="/wiki/Tracer_ammunition" title="Tracer ammunition">tracer ammunition</a>. It is also a part of an obsolete <a href="/wiki/M34_grenade" title="M34 grenade">M34 White Phosphorus US hand grenade</a>. This multipurpose grenade was mostly used for signaling, smoke screens, and inflammation; it could also cause severe burns and had a psychological impact on the enemy.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Military uses of white phosphorus are constrained by international law.</li> <li><sup>32</sup>P and <sup>33</sup>P are used as radioactive tracers in biochemical laboratories.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Phosphorus is a <a href="/wiki/Doping_(semiconductor)" title="Doping (semiconductor)">dopant</a> in <a href="/wiki/N-type_semiconductor" class="mw-redirect" title="N-type semiconductor">n-type semiconductors</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biological_role">Biological role</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=47" title="Edit section: Biological role"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Calcium_metabolism" title="Calcium metabolism">Calcium metabolism</a></div> <p>Inorganic phosphorus in the form of the phosphate <span class="chemf nowrap">PO<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">3−</sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">4</sub></span></span></span> is required for all known forms of <a href="/wiki/Life" title="Life">life</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERuttenberg_131-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERuttenberg-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Phosphorus plays a major role in the structural framework of <a href="/wiki/DNA" title="DNA">DNA</a> and <a href="/wiki/RNA" title="RNA">RNA</a>. Living cells use phosphate to transport cellular energy with <a href="/wiki/Adenosine_triphosphate" title="Adenosine triphosphate">adenosine triphosphate</a> (ATP), necessary for every cellular process that uses energy. ATP is also important for <a href="/wiki/Phosphorylation" title="Phosphorylation">phosphorylation</a>, a key regulatory event in cells. <a href="/wiki/Phospholipid" title="Phospholipid">Phospholipids</a> are the main structural components of all cellular membranes. <a href="/wiki/Calcium_phosphate" title="Calcium phosphate">Calcium phosphate</a> salts assist in stiffening <a href="/wiki/Bone" title="Bone">bones</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Greenwood_17-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenwood-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Biochemists commonly use the abbreviation "P<sub>i</sub>" to refer to inorganic phosphate.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Every living cell is encased in a membrane that separates it from its surroundings. Cellular membranes are composed of a phospholipid matrix and proteins, typically in the form of a bilayer. Phospholipids are derived from <a href="/wiki/Glycerol" title="Glycerol">glycerol</a> with two of the glycerol hydroxyl (OH) protons replaced by fatty acids as an <a href="/wiki/Ester" title="Ester">ester</a>, and the third hydroxyl proton has been replaced with phosphate bonded to another alcohol.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>An average adult human contains about 0.7 kilograms (1.5&#160;lb) of phosphorus, about 85–90% in bones and teeth in the form of <a href="/wiki/Apatite" title="Apatite">apatite</a>, and the remainder in soft tissues and extracellular fluids. The phosphorus content increases from about 0.5% by mass in infancy to 0.65–1.1% by mass in adults. Average phosphorus concentration in the blood is about 0.4&#160;g/L; about 70% of that is organic and 30% inorganic phosphates.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> An adult with healthy diet consumes and excretes about 1–3&#160;grams of phosphorus per day, with consumption in the form of inorganic phosphate and phosphorus-containing biomolecules such as <a href="/wiki/Nucleic_acids" class="mw-redirect" title="Nucleic acids">nucleic acids</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phospholipids" class="mw-redirect" title="Phospholipids">phospholipids</a>; and excretion almost exclusively in the form of phosphate ions such as <span class="chemf nowrap">H<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">2</sub></span></span>PO<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">−</sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">4</sub></span></span></span> and <span class="chemf nowrap">HPO<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">2−</sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">4</sub></span></span></span>. Only about 0.1% of body phosphate circulates in the blood, paralleling the amount of phosphate available to soft tissue cells. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bone_and_teeth_enamel">Bone and teeth enamel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=48" title="Edit section: Bone and teeth enamel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main component of bone is <a href="/wiki/Hydroxyapatite" title="Hydroxyapatite">hydroxyapatite</a> as well as amorphous forms of calcium phosphate, possibly including carbonate. Hydroxyapatite is the main component of tooth enamel. <a href="/wiki/Water_fluoridation" title="Water fluoridation">Water fluoridation</a> enhances the resistance of teeth to decay by the partial conversion of this mineral to the still harder material <a href="/wiki/Fluorapatite" title="Fluorapatite">fluorapatite</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-Greenwood_17-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenwood-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><span class="chemf nowrap">Ca<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">5</sub></span></span>(PO<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">4</sub></span></span>)<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">3</sub></span></span>OH</span> + <span class="chemf nowrap">F<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:0.8em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">−</sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sub></span></span></span> → <span class="chemf nowrap">Ca<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">5</sub></span></span>(PO<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">4</sub></span></span>)<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">3</sub></span></span>F</span> + <span class="chemf nowrap">OH<span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:0.8em;line-height:1em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">−</sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></sub></span></span></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Phosphorus_deficiency">Phosphorus deficiency</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=49" title="Edit section: Phosphorus deficiency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In medicine, phosphate deficiency syndrome may be caused by <a href="/wiki/Malnutrition" title="Malnutrition">malnutrition</a>, by failure to absorb phosphate, and by metabolic syndromes that draw phosphate from the blood (such as in <a href="/wiki/Refeeding_syndrome" title="Refeeding syndrome">refeeding syndrome</a> after malnutrition<sup id="cite_ref-pmid18583681_135-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid18583681-135"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>) or passing too much of it into the urine. All are characterised by <a href="/wiki/Hypophosphatemia" title="Hypophosphatemia">hypophosphatemia</a>, which is a condition of low levels of soluble phosphate levels in the blood serum and inside the cells. Symptoms of hypophosphatemia include neurological dysfunction and disruption of muscle and blood cells due to lack of <a href="/wiki/Adenosine_triphosphate" title="Adenosine triphosphate">ATP</a>. Too much phosphate can lead to diarrhoea and calcification (hardening) of organs and soft tissue, and can interfere with the body's ability to use iron, calcium, magnesium, and zinc.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Phosphorus is an essential <a href="/wiki/Macromineral" class="mw-redirect" title="Macromineral">macromineral</a> for plants, which is studied extensively in <a href="/wiki/Edaphology" title="Edaphology">edaphology</a> to understand plant uptake from <a href="/wiki/Soil" title="Soil">soil</a> systems. Phosphorus is a <a href="/wiki/Limiting_factor" title="Limiting factor">limiting factor</a> in many <a href="/wiki/Ecosystem" title="Ecosystem">ecosystems</a>; that is, the scarcity of phosphorus limits the rate of organism growth. An excess of phosphorus can also be problematic, especially in aquatic systems where <a href="/wiki/Eutrophication" title="Eutrophication">eutrophication</a> sometimes leads to <a href="/wiki/Algal_blooms" class="mw-redirect" title="Algal blooms">algal blooms</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MJ_41-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MJ-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nutrition">Nutrition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=50" title="Edit section: Nutrition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Dietary_recommendations">Dietary recommendations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=51" title="Edit section: Dietary recommendations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/U.S._Institute_of_Medicine" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Institute of Medicine">U.S. Institute of Medicine</a> (IOM) updated Estimated Average Requirements (EARs) and <a href="/wiki/Recommended_Dietary_Allowance" class="mw-redirect" title="Recommended Dietary Allowance">Recommended Dietary Allowances</a> (RDAs) for phosphorus in 1997. If there is not sufficient information to establish EARs and RDAs, an estimate designated <a href="/wiki/Adequate_Intake" class="mw-redirect" title="Adequate Intake">Adequate Intake</a> (AI) is used instead. The current EAR for phosphorus for people ages 19 and up is 580&#160;mg/day. The RDA is 700&#160;mg/day. RDAs are higher than EARs so as to identify amounts that will cover people with higher-than-average requirements. RDA for pregnancy and lactation are also 700&#160;mg/day. For people ages 1–18 years, the RDA increases with age from 460 to 1250&#160;mg/day. As for safety, the IOM sets <a href="/wiki/Tolerable_upper_intake_level" class="mw-redirect" title="Tolerable upper intake level">tolerable upper intake levels</a> (ULs) for vitamins and minerals when evidence is sufficient. In the case of phosphorus, the UL is 4000&#160;mg/day. Collectively the EARs, RDAs, AIs and ULs are referred to as <a href="/wiki/Dietary_Reference_Intake" title="Dietary Reference Intake">Dietary Reference Intakes</a> (DRIs).<sup id="cite_ref-DRItext_137-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DRItext-137"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/European_Food_Safety_Authority" title="European Food Safety Authority">European Food Safety Authority</a> (EFSA) refers to the collective set of information as Dietary Reference Values, with Population Reference Intake (PRI) instead of RDA, and Average Requirement instead of EAR.<sup id="cite_ref-efsa24_138-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-efsa24-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> AI and UL are defined the same as in the United States. For people ages 15 and older, including pregnancy and <a href="/wiki/Lactation" title="Lactation">lactation</a>, the AI is set at 550&#160;mg/day. For children ages 4–10, the AI is 440&#160;mg/day, and for ages 11–17 it is 640&#160;mg/day. These AIs are lower than the U.S. RDAs. In both systems, teenagers need more than adults.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> EFSA reviewed the same safety question and decided that there was not sufficient information to set a UL.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>For U.S. food and dietary supplement labeling purposes, the amount in a serving is expressed as a percent of Daily Value (%DV). For phosphorus labeling purposes, 100% of the Daily Value was 1000&#160;mg, but as of May&#160;27, 2016, it was revised to 1250&#160;mg to bring it into agreement with the RDA.<sup id="cite_ref-FedReg_141-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FedReg-141"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A table of the old and new adult daily values is provided at <a href="/wiki/Reference_Daily_Intake" title="Reference Daily Intake">Reference Daily Intake</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Food_sources">Food sources</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=52" title="Edit section: Food sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main food sources for phosphorus are the same as those containing <a href="/wiki/Protein" title="Protein">protein</a>, although proteins do not contain phosphorus. For example, milk, meat, and soya typically also have phosphorus. As a rule, if a diet has sufficient protein and calcium, the amount of phosphorus is probably sufficient.<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Precautions">Precautions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=53" title="Edit section: Precautions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Phosphorus_explosion.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Phosphorus_explosion.gif/220px-Phosphorus_explosion.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Phosphorus_explosion.gif/330px-Phosphorus_explosion.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Phosphorus_explosion.gif/440px-Phosphorus_explosion.gif 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="456" /></a><figcaption>Phosphorus explosion</figcaption></figure> <p>Organic compounds of phosphorus form a broad class of materials; many are required for life, but some are highly toxic. Fluorophosphate <a href="/wiki/Ester" title="Ester">esters</a> are among the most potent <a href="/wiki/Neurotoxin" title="Neurotoxin">neurotoxins</a> known. A wide range of organophosphorus compounds are used for their toxicity as <a href="/wiki/Pesticides" class="mw-redirect" title="Pesticides">pesticides</a> (<a href="/wiki/Herbicides" class="mw-redirect" title="Herbicides">herbicides</a>, <a href="/wiki/Insecticides" class="mw-redirect" title="Insecticides">insecticides</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fungicides" class="mw-redirect" title="Fungicides">fungicides</a>, etc.) and <a href="/wiki/Weapon" title="Weapon">weaponised</a> as nerve agents against enemy humans. Most inorganic phosphates are relatively nontoxic and essential nutrients.<sup id="cite_ref-Greenwood_17-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenwood-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The white phosphorus allotrope presents a significant hazard because it ignites in the air and produces phosphoric acid residue. Chronic white phosphorus poisoning leads to necrosis of the jaw called "<a href="/wiki/Phossy_jaw" title="Phossy jaw">phossy jaw</a>". White phosphorus is <a href="/wiki/Toxicity" title="Toxicity">toxic</a>, causing severe liver damage on ingestion and may cause a condition known as "Smoking Stool Syndrome".<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the past, external exposure to elemental phosphorus was treated by washing the affected area with 2% <a href="/wiki/Copper(II)_sulfate" title="Copper(II) sulfate">copper(II) sulfate</a> solution to form harmless compounds that are then washed away. According to the recent <i>US Navy's Treatment of Chemical Agent Casualties and Conventional Military Chemical Injuries: FM8-285: Part 2 Conventional Military Chemical Injuries</i>, "Cupric (copper(II)) sulfate has been used by U.S. personnel in the past and is still being used by some nations. However, copper sulfate is toxic and its use will be discontinued. Copper sulfate may produce kidney and cerebral toxicity as well as intravascular hemolysis."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_145-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-145"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The manual suggests instead "a bicarbonate solution to neutralise phosphoric acid, which will then allow removal of visible white phosphorus. Particles often can be located by their emission of smoke when air strikes them, or by their phosphorescence in the dark. In dark surroundings, fragments are seen as luminescent spots. Promptly <a href="/wiki/Debridement" title="Debridement">debride</a> the burn if the patient's condition will permit removal of bits of WP (white phosphorus) that might be absorbed later and possibly produce systemic poisoning. DO NOT apply oily-based <a href="/wiki/Topical#Ointment" class="mw-redirect" title="Topical">ointments</a> until it is certain that all WP has been removed. Following complete removal of the particles, treat the lesions as thermal burns."<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_145-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-145"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As white phosphorus readily mixes with oils, any oily substances or ointments are not recommended until the area is thoroughly cleaned and all white phosphorus removed. </p><p>In the workplace, people can be exposed to phosphorus by inhalation, ingestion, skin contact, and eye contact. The <a href="/wiki/Occupational_Safety_and_Health_Administration" title="Occupational Safety and Health Administration">Occupational Safety and Health Administration</a> (OSHA) has set the phosphorus exposure limit (<a href="/wiki/Permissible_exposure_limit" title="Permissible exposure limit">Permissible exposure limit</a>) in the workplace at 0.1&#160;mg/m<sup>3</sup> over an 8-hour workday. The <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_for_Occupational_Safety_and_Health" title="National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health">National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health</a> (NIOSH) has set a <a href="/wiki/Recommended_exposure_limit" title="Recommended exposure limit">Recommended exposure limit</a> (REL) of 0.1&#160;mg/m<sup>3</sup> over an 8-hour workday. At levels of 5&#160;mg/m<sup>3</sup>, phosphorus is <a href="/wiki/IDLH" class="mw-redirect" title="IDLH">immediately dangerous to life and health</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="US_DEA_List_I_status">US DEA List I status</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=54" title="Edit section: US DEA List I status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Phosphorus can reduce elemental <a href="/wiki/Iodine" title="Iodine">iodine</a> to <a href="/wiki/Hydroiodic_acid" title="Hydroiodic acid">hydroiodic acid</a>, which is a reagent effective for reducing <a href="/wiki/Ephedrine" title="Ephedrine">ephedrine</a> or <a href="/wiki/Pseudoephedrine" title="Pseudoephedrine">pseudoephedrine</a> to <a href="/wiki/Methamphetamine" title="Methamphetamine">methamphetamine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For this reason, red and white phosphorus were designated by the United States <a href="/wiki/Drug_Enforcement_Administration" title="Drug Enforcement Administration">Drug Enforcement Administration</a> as <a href="/wiki/DEA_list_of_chemicals#List_I_chemicals" title="DEA list of chemicals">List I precursor chemicals</a> under <a href="/wiki/Code_of_Federal_Regulations" title="Code of Federal Regulations">21 CFR 1310.02</a> effective on November 17, 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-66_CFR_52670_149-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66_CFR_52670-149"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the United States, handlers of red or white phosphorus are subject to stringent regulatory controls.<sup id="cite_ref-66_CFR_52670_149-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66_CFR_52670-149"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21_CFR_1309_150-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21_CFR_1309-150"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CSA_151-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSA-151"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=55" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hubbert_peak_theory" title="Hubbert peak theory">Hubbert peak theory</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphorus&amp;action=edit&amp;section=56" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-146"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-146">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">WP, (white phosphorus), exhibits chemoluminescence upon exposure to air and if there is any WP in the wound, covered by tissue or fluids such as blood serum, it will not glow until it is exposed to air, which requires a very dark room and dark-adapted eyes to see clearly</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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"Phosphoric Acid and Phosphates". <i><a href="/wiki/Ullmann%27s_Encyclopedia_of_Industrial_Chemistry" title="Ullmann&#39;s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry">Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry</a></i>. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1002%2F14356007.a19_465.pub3">10.1002/14356007.a19_465.pub3</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3527306732" title="Special:BookSources/978-3527306732"><bdi>978-3527306732</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Phosphoric+Acid+and+Phosphates&amp;rft.btitle=Ullmann%27s+Encyclopedia+of+Industrial+Chemistry&amp;rft.place=Weinheim&amp;rft.pub=Wiley-VCH&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1002%2F14356007.a19_465.pub3&amp;rft.isbn=978-3527306732&amp;rft.aulast=Schr%C3%B6dter&amp;rft.aufirst=Klaus&amp;rft.au=Bettermann%2C+Gerhard&amp;rft.au=Staffel%2C+Thomas&amp;rft.au=Wahl%2C+Friedrich&amp;rft.au=Klein%2C+Thomas&amp;rft.au=Hofmann%2C+Thomas&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APhosphorus" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThrelfall1951" class="citation book cs1">Threlfall, Richard E. 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Pergamon. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4831-4741-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4831-4741-3"><bdi>978-1-4831-4741-3</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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The Last 50&#160;years</i>. Studley: Brewin Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85858-223-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-85858-223-7"><bdi>1-85858-223-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Albright+%26+Wilson.+The+Last+50+years.&amp;rft.place=Studley&amp;rft.pub=Brewin+Books&amp;rft.date=2002&amp;rft.isbn=1-85858-223-7&amp;rft.aulast=Podger&amp;rft.aufirst=Hugh&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APhosphorus" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Kolbert" title="Elizabeth Kolbert">Kolbert, Elizabeth</a>, "Elemental Need: Phosphorus helped save our way of life – and now threatens to end it", <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i>, 6 March 2023, pp. 24–27. "[T]he world's phosphorus problem [arising from the element's exorbitant use in agriculture] resembles its carbon-dioxide problem, its plastics problem, its groundwater-use problem, its soil-erosion problem, and its nitrogen problem. The path humanity is on may lead to ruin, but, as of yet, no one has found a workable way back." 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class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Calcium" title="Calcium"><span style="display:block">Ca</span></a></span> </td> <td colspan="14"> </td> <td title="Sc, Scandium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Scandium" title="Scandium"><span style="display:block">Sc</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ti, Titanium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Titanium" title="Titanium"><span style="display:block">Ti</span></a></span> </td> <td title="V, Vanadium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vanadium" title="Vanadium"><span style="display:block">V</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Cr, Chromium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chromium" title="Chromium"><span style="display:block">Cr</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Mn, Manganese" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Manganese" title="Manganese"><span style="display:block">Mn</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Fe, Iron" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Iron" title="Iron"><span style="display:block">Fe</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Co, Cobalt" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cobalt" title="Cobalt"><span style="display:block">Co</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ni, Nickel" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nickel" title="Nickel"><span style="display:block">Ni</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Cu, Copper" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper"><span style="display:block">Cu</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Zn, Zinc" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Zinc" title="Zinc"><span style="display:block">Zn</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ga, Gallium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gallium" title="Gallium"><span style="display:block">Ga</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ge, Germanium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Germanium" title="Germanium"><span style="display:block">Ge</span></a></span> </td> <td title="As, Arsenic" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arsenic" title="Arsenic"><span style="display:block">As</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Se, Selenium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Selenium" title="Selenium"><span style="display:block">Se</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Br, Bromine" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bromine" title="Bromine"><span style="display:block">Br</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Kr, Krypton" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Krypton" title="Krypton"><span style="display:block">Kr</span></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:transparent; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Period_5_element" title="Period 5 element">5</a> </th> <td title="Rb, Rubidium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ff9999; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rubidium" title="Rubidium"><span style="display:block">Rb</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Sr, Strontium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ff9999; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Strontium" title="Strontium"><span style="display:block">Sr</span></a></span> </td> <td colspan="14"> </td> <td title="Y, Yttrium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Yttrium" title="Yttrium"><span style="display:block">Y</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Zr, Zirconium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Zirconium" title="Zirconium"><span style="display:block">Zr</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Nb, Niobium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Niobium" title="Niobium"><span style="display:block">Nb</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Mo, Molybdenum" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Molybdenum" title="Molybdenum"><span style="display:block">Mo</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Tc, Technetium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Technetium" title="Technetium"><span style="display:block">Tc</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ru, Ruthenium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ruthenium" title="Ruthenium"><span style="display:block">Ru</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Rh, Rhodium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rhodium" title="Rhodium"><span style="display:block">Rh</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Pd, Palladium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Palladium" title="Palladium"><span style="display:block">Pd</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ag, Silver" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Silver" title="Silver"><span style="display:block">Ag</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Cd, Cadmium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cadmium" title="Cadmium"><span style="display:block">Cd</span></a></span> </td> <td title="In, Indium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indium" title="Indium"><span style="display:block">In</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Sn, Tin" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tin" title="Tin"><span style="display:block">Sn</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Sb, Antimony" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Antimony" title="Antimony"><span style="display:block">Sb</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Te, Tellurium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tellurium" title="Tellurium"><span style="display:block">Te</span></a></span> </td> <td title="I, Iodine" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Iodine" title="Iodine"><span style="display:block">I</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Xe, Xenon" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Xenon" title="Xenon"><span style="display:block">Xe</span></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:transparent; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Period_6_element" title="Period 6 element">6</a> </th> <td title="Cs, Caesium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ff9999; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Caesium" title="Caesium"><span style="display:block">Cs</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ba, Barium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ff9999; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barium" title="Barium"><span style="display:block">Ba</span></a></span> </td> <td title="La, Lanthanum" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lanthanum" title="Lanthanum"><span style="display:block">La</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ce, Cerium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cerium" title="Cerium"><span style="display:block">Ce</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Pr, Praseodymium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Praseodymium" title="Praseodymium"><span style="display:block">Pr</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Nd, Neodymium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Neodymium" title="Neodymium"><span style="display:block">Nd</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Pm, Promethium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Promethium" title="Promethium"><span style="display:block">Pm</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Sm, Samarium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Samarium" title="Samarium"><span style="display:block">Sm</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Eu, Europium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Europium" title="Europium"><span style="display:block">Eu</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Gd, Gadolinium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gadolinium" title="Gadolinium"><span style="display:block">Gd</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Tb, Terbium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Terbium" title="Terbium"><span style="display:block">Tb</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Dy, Dysprosium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dysprosium" title="Dysprosium"><span style="display:block">Dy</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ho, Holmium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Holmium" title="Holmium"><span style="display:block">Ho</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Er, Erbium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Erbium" title="Erbium"><span style="display:block">Er</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Tm, Thulium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thulium" title="Thulium"><span style="display:block">Tm</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Yb, Ytterbium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ytterbium" title="Ytterbium"><span style="display:block">Yb</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Lu, Lutetium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lutetium" title="Lutetium"><span style="display:block">Lu</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Hf, Hafnium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hafnium" title="Hafnium"><span style="display:block">Hf</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ta, Tantalum" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tantalum" title="Tantalum"><span style="display:block">Ta</span></a></span> </td> <td title="W, Tungsten" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tungsten" title="Tungsten"><span style="display:block">W</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Re, Rhenium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rhenium" title="Rhenium"><span style="display:block">Re</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Os, Osmium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Osmium" title="Osmium"><span style="display:block">Os</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ir, Iridium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Iridium" title="Iridium"><span style="display:block">Ir</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Pt, Platinum" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Platinum" title="Platinum"><span style="display:block">Pt</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Au, Gold" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold"><span style="display:block">Au</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Hg, Mercury" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mercury_(element)" title="Mercury (element)"><span style="display:block">Hg</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Tl, Thallium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thallium" title="Thallium"><span style="display:block">Tl</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Pb, Lead" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lead" title="Lead"><span style="display:block">Pb</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Bi, Bismuth" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bismuth" title="Bismuth"><span style="display:block">Bi</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Po, Polonium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Polonium" title="Polonium"><span style="display:block">Po</span></a></span> </td> <td title="At, Astatine" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Astatine" title="Astatine"><span style="display:block">At</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Rn, Radon" style="text-align:center; background-color:#fdff8c; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Radon" title="Radon"><span style="display:block">Rn</span></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:transparent; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Period_7_element" title="Period 7 element">7</a> </th> <td title="Fr, Francium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ff9999; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Francium" title="Francium"><span style="display:block">Fr</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ra, Radium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ff9999; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Radium" title="Radium"><span style="display:block">Ra</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Ac, Actinium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Actinium" title="Actinium"><span style="display:block">Ac</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Th, Thorium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thorium" title="Thorium"><span style="display:block">Th</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Pa, Protactinium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Protactinium" title="Protactinium"><span style="display:block">Pa</span></a></span> </td> <td title="U, Uranium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Uranium" title="Uranium"><span style="display:block">U</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Np, Neptunium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Neptunium" title="Neptunium"><span style="display:block">Np</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Pu, Plutonium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Plutonium" title="Plutonium"><span style="display:block">Pu</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Am, Americium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Americium" title="Americium"><span style="display:block">Am</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Cm, Curium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Curium" title="Curium"><span style="display:block">Cm</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Bk, Berkelium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Berkelium" title="Berkelium"><span style="display:block">Bk</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Cf, Californium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Californium" title="Californium"><span style="display:block">Cf</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Es, Einsteinium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Einsteinium" title="Einsteinium"><span style="display:block">Es</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Fm, Fermium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fermium" title="Fermium"><span style="display:block">Fm</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Md, Mendelevium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mendelevium" title="Mendelevium"><span style="display:block">Md</span></a></span> </td> <td title="No, Nobelium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#9bff99; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nobelium" title="Nobelium"><span style="display:block">No</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Lr, Lawrencium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lawrencium" title="Lawrencium"><span style="display:block">Lr</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Rf, Rutherfordium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rutherfordium" title="Rutherfordium"><span style="display:block">Rf</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Db, Dubnium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dubnium" title="Dubnium"><span style="display:block">Db</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Sg, Seaborgium" style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff; border:none; ;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Seaborgium" title="Seaborgium"><span style="display:block">Sg</span></a></span> </td> <td title="Bh, Bohrium" style="text-align:center; 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