15
P
30.9737619985Phosphorus
Appearancecolourless, waxy white, yellow, scarlet, red, violet, black
Categorypolyatomic nonmetal
Discovered byHennig Brand
Named byN/A
What element is P on the periodic table?P is the element Phosphorus on the periodic table.
What is the symbol for Phosphorus on the periodic table?The symbol for Phosphorus on the periodic table is P.
What does Phosphorus look like?To the human eye, Phosphorus is colourless, waxy white, yellow, scarlet, red, violet, black.
About PhosphorusPhosphorus is a chemical element; it has symbol P and atomic number 15. All elemental forms of phosphorus are highly reactive and are therefore never found in nature. Elemental phosphorus can be prepared artificially, the two most common allotropes being white phosphorus and red phosphorus. With 31P as its only stable isotope, phosphorus has an occurrence in Earth's crust of about 0.1%, generally as phosphate rock. A member of the pnictogen family, phosphorus readily forms a wide variety of organic and inorganic compounds, with as its main oxidation states +5, +3 and −3.Source: Wikipedia