Question

CER: Molecules and Extended Structures

How can both of these samples be pure phosphorus?
State your claim. Make sure your claim fully explains how the two samples can both be pure phosphorus. Summarize the evidence you have gathered to support your claim and explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

If impurities are removed from the samples, pure phosphorus will be obtained.

Step-by-step explanation:

Both of these samples be pure phosphorus if the atoms and other impurities are removed from chemical as well as physical means. Pure phosphorus means that there is only atoms of phosphorus present but pure phosphorus is not available because of its reactivity so for that reason it reacted with the oxygen present in the air and formed phosphate molecules and stabilize itself.