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Course: High school chemistry?>?Unit 1
Lesson 4: The periodic table and Lewis diagramsApply: the periodic table
You might need: Periodic table
Problem
Elemental phosphorus exists in a red form that is used to ignite matches. But the phosphorus isn’t in the head of the match, it’s on the striking surface!
In which period of the periodic table would you find phosphorus?
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