white phosphorus
Noun
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Noun
white phosphorus (uncountable)
- (chemistry) The 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.
- icy noctiluca
- yellow phosphorus
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