phosphorus is kept in water why
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because it reacts highly even with air and so kept in water to prevent it from catching fire
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it is kept in water so that it cannot come in contact with air because it is to reactive that it can react with air and can burst
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Phosphorus (yellow) burns at atmospheric temperature (if I am not wrong at 30 degree C) So if kept in the atmosphere it readily burns to give Phosphorus penta oxide
2 It doesn't react with water
3 It is heavier than water
(The reaction when it burns in the air - -
P4 +5 O2 = 2P2 O5)
Red phosphorus is not kept under water It is not so reactive as yellow