Stability of Red Phosphorus

A systematic and methodical study to prevent or retard formation of phosphine has been carried out by Hoerold and Ratcliff of Clariant GmbH, Germany and their findings through the following approaches are reproduced here [45]. 

It is evident from the data that the stabilized and microencapsulated RP grades (HB 700 and HB 714) provide a significant improvement in stability. Similarly, 

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