Phosphorus is an essential constituent of both the plants and animals.
Phosphorus is stored under water. Give reason.

Explanation

a. Elemental phơsphorus is prepared by heating phosphate rock with Elemental phosphorus is prepared by heating phosphat rock with coke and silica in an electrie furnace at .1770 ~K..
b: ..2 Ca_2, PO_4_2+6 SiO_2 rarr 6 CaSiO_3+P_4 O_40.
.dot P_4 O_10+10 C rarr 4 p+10 CO.
c. The pliosphorus formed is white phosphorus and it reacts with áir àhd catclies fire, To prevent -phosphoru.s tod react with air. it is stored under water.
d. The three allotropic forms of phosphorus are white phosphorus, red phosphorus and black phosphorus
d. The three allotropic forms of phospho-