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WHITE phosphorus crystallises in the cubic system. Previous attempts to determine its crystal structure by X-rays have not given positive results, notwithstanding its high symmetry. As a matter of fact, white phosphorus at room temperature gives, by the powder method, poor photographs, showing very few weak lines.
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NATTA, G., PASSERINI, L. The Crystal Structure of White Phosphorus. Nature 125, 707–708 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/125707b0
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