Which property of white phosphorus is common to red phosphorus :

It burns when heated in air

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It racts with hot caustic soda solution to give
phosphine

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It shown chemiluminescence

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it is soluble in carbon disulphide

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Solution

The correct option is A It burns when heated in air
$W h i t e p h o s p h o r o u s h e a t \to R e d p h o s p h o r o u s h e a t \to V i o l e t p h o s p h o r o u s$
So Red phosphorous burns when heated in air.

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