Industrial Uses: There are multiple uses for Phosphorus industrially including in the agricultural community like plant fertilizer, animal feeds, chemical pesticides, but the most common use of this element is in standard red matches. Red Phosphorus is stable and is used in other incendiary devices and pyroteknic tools.
Pure Form: Phosphorus also exists in its pure form and are called allotropes. White and red allotropes are the most common all though has become less common since it stopped being used by the military after too many incidents occurred with it.
Chemical Reactions: White Phosphorus is needed to be handled with great care as it can spontaneously ignite in the air at about room temperature. White Phosphorus also glows in the dark when exposed to dark air in the process of chemiluminescence.
Pure Form: Phosphorus also exists in its pure form and are called allotropes. White and red allotropes are the most common all though has become less common since it stopped being used by the military after too many incidents occurred with it.
Chemical Reactions: White Phosphorus is needed to be handled with great care as it can spontaneously ignite in the air at about room temperature. White Phosphorus also glows in the dark when exposed to dark air in the process of chemiluminescence.