Phosphorus Reacts with Bromine - Periodic Table of Videos

Some phosphorus reactions to mark our 15th anniversary on KZbin. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
Phosphorus: • Phosphorus - Periodic ...
Bromine: • Bromine - Periodic Tab...
White Phosphorus: • White Phosphorus & Pho...
Phosphine and Life on Venus: • Phosphine and Life on ...
Coin Blast: • Blasting the middle fr...
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standard reactions

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"My bottle of bromine was bigger than his" I love how, even with scientists, sometimes, it's the little things in life you appreciate.

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The side of the box contains red phosphorus, binder and powdered glass. What you wanted were strike anywhere matches. This substance is found in the head of strike-anywhere matches and in the striking surface of safety matches.

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There were two issues with the match test, one is that the match has a thin wax coating that likely would block the bromine but the other is that the red phosphorus is on the side of the box as the striker, there is none in the match head.

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Congratulations on the 15 years. As I understand it, there's no elemental phosphorus in the strike-anywhere match 'system' (though there's a phosphorus compound in the match-heads which is converted to white phosphorus by friction). For safety matches, the red phosphorus is in the striker on the box.

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