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Important allotropic forms of phosphorus are white phosphorus, red phosphorus and black phosphorus. Among these, which allotropic' form is more reactive? Why

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White phosphorus. It is less stable than other allotropes because of the angular strain ；in `P_4` molecules.. So it is more reactive. X
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