phosphorus

• Formula: P
• Molecular weight: 30.973762
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/P Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: OAICVXFJPJFONN-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 7723-14-0
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: red phosphorus; Phosphorus atom
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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
B - John E. Bartmess

View reactions leading to P⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

References

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Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Pelaez, Blondel, et al., 2011
Pelaez, R.J.; Blondel, C.; Vandevraye, M.; Drag, C.; Delsart, C., Photodetachment microscopy to an excited spectral term and the electron affinity of phosphorus, J. Phys. B: Atom. Mol. Opt. Phys., 2011, 44, 19, 195009, https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/44/19/195009 . [all data]

Andersson, Lindahl, et al., 2007
Andersson, P.; Lindahl, A.O.; Alfredsson, C.; Rogstrom, L.; Diehl, C.; Pegg, D.J.; Hanstorp, D., The electron affinity of phosphorus, J. Phys. B - Atom. Mol. Opt. Phys., 2007, 40, 20, 4097-4107, https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/40/20/010 . [all data]

Slater and Linberger, 1977
Slater, J.; Linberger, W.C., High resolution photodetachment study of P- and Te-, Phys. Rev. A:, 1977, 15, 2277. [all data]

Jones, Ganteför, et al., 1995
Jones, R.O.; Ganteför, G.; Hunsicker, S.; Pieperhoff, P., Structure and Spectroscopy of Phosphorous Cluster anions: Theory (simulated annealing) and Experiment (Photoelectron Detachment), J. Chem. Phys., 1995, 103, 22, 9549, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.469969 . [all data]

Feldmann, 1976
Feldmann, D., Infrared Photodetachment Threshold Measurements: Li- and P-, Z. Physik A, 1976, 277, 1, 19-25, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01547496 . [all data]

Bennett, Margrave, et al., 1974
Bennett, S.L.; Margrave, J.L.; Franklin, J.L., High temperature negative ions. Electron impact study of tetratomic phosphorous vapor, J. Chem. Phys., 1974, 61, 1647. [all data]

Lide, 1992
Lide, D.R. (Editor), Ionization potentials of atoms and atomic ions in Handbook of Chem. and Phys., 1992, 10-211. [all data]

Kelly, 1987
Kelly, R.L., Atomic and ionic spectrum lines of hydrogen through kryton, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1987, 16. [all data]

Moore, 1970
Moore, C.E., Ionization potentials and ionization limits derived from the analyses of optical spectra, Natl. Stand. Ref. Data Ser., (U.S. Natl. Bur. Stand.), 1970, 34, 1. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  EA	Electron affinity
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy

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