{"id":2846,"date":"2026-10-01T11:09:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T11:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/?p=2846"},"modified":"2026-10-01T11:09:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T11:09:26","slug":"phosphorus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/phosphorus\/","title":{"rendered":"Element | Phosphorus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Phosphorus exists in several allotropes including white, red and black forms with distinct reactivity and uses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Properties of Phosphorus<\/strong> | White phosphorus is highly reactive and pyrophoric, while red and black forms are more stable and used industrially.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uses of Phosphorus<\/strong> | Phosphorus is mined as phosphate rock and primarily used in fertilizers, detergents and industrial chemicals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Isotopes of Phosphorus<\/strong> | Stable P 31 is the only stable isotope; white phosphorus is toxic and ignites spontaneously in air, requiring strict handling protocols.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Essential biological element with reactive allotropes used in fertilizers and industry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elemental-table"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5917,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2846\/revisions\/5917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}