phosphorus

Summary

phosphorus is a chemical element^[1]. phosphorus draws 4,348 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #36 of 144).^[2]

Key Facts

• phosphorus is credited with the discovery of Hennig Brand^[3].
• phosphorus's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[4].
• phosphorus's instance of is recorded as lithophile^[5].
• Phosphorus is named after phosphorus^[6].
• phosphorus is made of phosphorite^[7].
• phosphorus is made of triphylite^[8].
• phosphorus is made of monazite^[9].
• phosphorus is made of hinsdalite^[10].
• phosphorus is made of pyromorphite^[11].
• phosphorus is made of amblygonite^[12].
• phosphorus is made of lazulite^[13].
• phosphorus is made of wavellite^[14].
• phosphorus is made of turquoise^[15].
• phosphorus is made of autunite^[16].
• phosphorus is made of phosphophyllite^[17].
• phosphorus is made of struvite^[18].
• phosphorus is made of xenotime-(Y)^[19].
• phosphorus is made of apatite^[20].
• phosphorus is made of hydroxylapatite^[21].
• phosphorus is made of fluorapatite^[22].
• phosphorus is made of chlorapatite^[23].
• phosphorus is made of urine^[24].
• phosphorus is made of bone ash^[25].
• phosphorus is made of guano^[26].
• phosphorus's canonical SMILES is recorded as [P]^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[4] and lithophile^[5]. phosphorus is a type of polyatomic nonmetal^[28].

Origins

Phosphorus is named after phosphorus^[6].

Use and Application

phosphorus is used for fertilizer^[29]. Part of include period 3^[30], a period^[31] and group 15^[32], a group^[33].

Influence

Things named for phosphorus include KREEP^[34], an ingredient^[35]; babefphite^[36], a mineral species^[37]; upalite^[38], a mineral species^[39]; althupite^[40], a mineral species^[41]; and fluorcaphite^[42], a mineral species^[43].

Why It Matters

phosphorus draws 4,348 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #36 of 144).^[2] phosphorus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[44] phosphorus is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[45]

Entities named for phosphorus include KREEP^[34], an ingredient^[35]; babefphite^[36], a mineral species^[37]; upalite^[38], a mineral species^[39]; althupite^[40], a mineral species^[41]; and fluorcaphite^[42], a mineral species^[43].