Group: alt.drugs.chemistry




Subject: Making Red Phosphorus
From: NewsLeecher User (newsleecher@spam.com)
Date: 2/8/2007 12:53:13 AM
Fact: Red phosphorus can be made from exposing white phosphorus to sunlight! Isnt there white phosphorus in fireworks? It would be whichever one shoots the stars that are colored white -- with a greenish hue.. thats white phosphorus is it not?? -- --------------------------------- --- -- - Posted with NewsLeecher v3.8 Final Web @ http://www.newsleecher.com/?usenet ------------------- ----- ---- -- -

Subject: Making Red Phosphorus
From: NewsLeecher User (newsleecher@spam.com)
Date: 2/9/2007 11:21:40 PM
and since white phosphorus is so much easier to obtain, it makes sense to do it this way, rather than cutting out strikepads off matchboxes :D -- --------------------------------- --- -- - Posted with NewsLeecher v3.8 Final Web @ http://www.newsleecher.com/?usenet ------------------- ----- ---- -- -

Subject: Making Red Phosphorus
From: Anon
Date: 4/14/2007 11:52:20 PM
Nice try. The answer is no the sprakles are powered aluminum. White phos is pyrothermic in air "auto ignites" "NewsLeecher User" <newsleecher@spam.com> wrote in message news:9ZqdnXkFDd5EVVfYnZ2dnUVZ_rzinZ2d@giganews.com... > Fact: Red phosphorus can be made from exposing white phosphorus to > sunlight! > > Isnt there white phosphorus in fireworks? It would be whichever one > shoots the stars that are colored white -- with a greenish hue.. > thats white phosphorus is it not?? > > > -- > --------------------------------- --- -- - > Posted with NewsLeecher v3.8 Final > Web @ http://www.newsleecher.com/?usenet > ------------------- ----- ---- -- - >