This element was first discovered by Hennig Brand, who was attempting to create gold from his own urine. This highly reactive element is never found in its elemental form in nature, instead found as allotropes named red and white. A common ion found in biology has this atom bound to four oxygen atoms and has a minus 3 charge. That ion of this eleme
This element was first discovered by Hennig Brand, who was attempting to create gold from his own urine. This highly reactive element is never found in its elemental form in nature, instead found as allotropes named red and white. A common ion found in biology has this atom bound to four oxygen atoms and has a minus 3 charge. That ion of this element is found in ATP and the backbone of DNA. This nonmetallic element has heavy industrial use in fertilizers and detergents and is found on matches. For 10 points, name the element with atomic number 15 and symbol P.
This element was first discovered by Hennig Brand, who was attempting to create gold from his own urine.
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