Phosphorus is a chemical element with the symbol P and atomic number 15.
Elemental phosphorus exists in two major forms, white phosphorus, and red phosphorus, but because it is highly reactive, phosphorus is never found as a free element on Earth.
Origin of its Name:
It is derived from ‘phosphoros’, Greek for the bringer of light [1]
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