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P, 15
phosphorus (English)
phosphore, m. (French)
Phosphor, m. (German)
fosfor (Russian)
fosfor (Swedish)


Symbol, numberP, 15 (non-metal), Group: 15; 5A
Weight30.973762
In Nature
Discovered1669, by Henning Brand (Germany)
Density  [kg/m3]1820 (P4, 2200 (red P), 2690 (black P) [293 K] (solid)   
Molar volume17.02 (P4) cm3
Melting Temperature317.3 (P4  K   ( °C)   Enthalpy: 51.9 (P4 kJ/mol
Boiling Temperature553 (P4 K   ( °C)   Enthalpy: 2.51 (P4 kJ/mol
Electrical resistance1E9 (P4 [293 K] Wm
ThermalConductivity: 0.235 (P4, 12.1 (black P) [300 K] W/Km     Expansion: 124.5E-6 (P4 /K
Configuration1s2 2s2p6 3s2p3
Ionisation [kJ/mol]
  M-->  M+--> M2+--> M3+--> M4+--> M5+--> M6+--> M7+--> M8+--> M9+-->M10+
Thermodynamics
State Df Df CpH 298.15-H°0
[kJ/mol] [J/Kmol] [kJ/mol]
Isotopes
Mass In nature Half-life Spin m/mN NMM Decay
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