White phosphorus

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.NounThe most common allotrope of phosphorus; a yellow-white waxy solid that is insoluble in water and spontaneously combusts on exposure to air to form clouds of phosphorus pentoxide; used as a military smokescreen and as an incendiary weapon.

Synonyms

yellow phosphorus black phosphorus phosphor phosphorus paste phosphorus match phosphorus violet phosphorus phosphore homberg's phosphorus pyrophorus phosphowalpurgite canton's phosphorus

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