Why yellow phosphorus glows in air at room temperature?
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Why yellow phosphorus glows in air at room temperature?
As we know that, phosphorus is highly reactive.
When phosphorus combines with oxygen so easily that it catches fire automatically in room temperature.
To prevent from, phosphorus is stored under water in chemical laboratories.
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For this reason it is also called yellow phosphorus. It glows in the dark (when exposed to oxygen) with a very faint tinge of green and blue, and it is highly flammable and pyrophoric (self-igniting) upon contact with air. It is also toxic, causing severe liver damage upon ingestion.
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