white phosphorus

white phosphorus
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.
Syn: icy noctiluca, yellow phosphorus

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