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Phosphorus appears in white red and black variations
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Instead of just picking a single solid chemical state, phosphorus suffers from an extreme identity crisis. The white version violently combusts in the air, the red version is safely glued onto basic matchboxes, and the black version just sits there looking like cheap graphite. It is one element aggressively trying to be three entirely different substances.
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