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Pure white phosphorus is obtained by heating phosphate rocks with silica and coke in an electric furnace - True or False?
Pure white phosphorus is obtained by heating phosphate rocks with silica and coke in an electric furnace - True or False?
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The correct option is B False
It is true that this is how white phosphorus is extracted. But this still only yields impure white phosphorus which is purified by converting the impure form into vapours and then condensing the vapours.
It is true that this is how white phosphorus is extracted. But this still only yields impure white phosphorus which is purified by converting the impure form into vapours and then condensing the vapours.
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