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Help with Science Project?

I need help! I'm not very creative at doing these things. Okay I have to make a project for science. It has to be a kleenex box but I have to do something to the box to symbolize phosphorus. As in phosphorus the element. I need help. Anyone have ideas for it? Some examples some people did were for copper, they covered it in pennies and for calcium, the shaped the box into a cow. Someone creative please help!

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    9 years ago
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    I think phosphorus is white.

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    Phosphorus has three main allotropes: white, red and black. White phosphorus is poisonous and can spontaneously ignite when it comes in contact with air. For this reason, white phosphorus must be stored under water and is usually used to produce phosphorus compounds. Red phosphorus is formed by heating white phosphorus to 250°C (482°F) or by exposing white phosphorus to sunlight. Red phosphorus is not poisonous and is not as dangerous as white phosphorus, although frictional heating is enough to change it back to white phosphorus. Red phosphorus is used in safety matches, fireworks, smoke bombs and pesticides. Black phosphorus is also formed by heating white phosphorus, but a mercurycatalyst and a seed crystal of black phosphorus are required. Black phosphorus is the least reactive form of phosphorus and has no significant commercial uses.

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