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Bookmark or Share- Public Health Statement for White Phosphorus - Centers for Disease ...White phosphorus is used mainly for producing phosphoric acid and other chemicals. These chemicals are used to make fertilizers, additives in foods and drinks, cleaning compounds, and other products. Small amounts of white phosphorus have been used as rat and roach poisons and in fireworks.
- White phosphorus - World Health Organization (WHO)White (sometimes called yellow) phosphorus is a white to yellow waxy solid with a garlic like odour. It ignites spontaneously in air at temperatures above 30 °C and continues to burn until it is fully oxidized or until deprived of oxygen.
- White phosphorus - WikipediaWhite phosphorus, yellow phosphorus, or simply tetraphosphorus (P 4) is an allotrope of phosphorus. It is a translucent waxy solid that quickly yellows in light (due to its photochemical conversion into red phosphorus), [2] and impure white phosphorus is for this reason called yellow phosphorus.
- What to Know About White Phosphorus Bombs - WebMDWhite phosphorus bombs are explosives used in warfare. What Is White Phosphorus? It’s a chemical made from phosphate rocks. In solid form, it has a waxy texture and a garlic-like odor.
- White phosphorus munition - WikipediaWhite phosphorus munitions are weapons that use one of the common allotropes of the chemical element phosphorus. White phosphorus is used in smoke, illumination, and incendiary munitions, and is commonly the burning element of tracer ammunition. [1]
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