Question

all forms of phosphorus upon melting exists as

Answer 1

Phosphorusis achemical elementwith symbolPandatomic number15. As an element, phosphorus exists in two major forms,white phosphorusandred phosphorus, but because it is highlyreactive, phosphorusis never found as a free element on Earth. With a concentration of 0.099%, phosphorus is the most abundantpnictogenin the Earth's crust. Other than a few exceptions, minerals containing phosphorus are in the maximallyoxidizedstate as inorganicphosphate rocks.