i think it is some kind gas
2006-08-17 14:42:52 · 10 answers · asked by khsdj100 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
and when i mean store under water in mean in a tank
2006-08-18 12:16:17 · update #1
You might be talking about phosphorus, although it is not a gas. Pure phosphorus will ignite when exposed to air.
2006-08-17 14:48:28 · answer #1 · answered by atwil 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I doubt you could store a GAS under water. Most probably it is WHITE phosphorus. White phosphorus will react slowly with the oxygen in the air, forming phosphorus oxyde which smells like garlic and can be noted as a white gas
2006-08-18 12:36:32 · answer #2 · answered by andreicnx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it phosphorus? Yes, phosphorus reacts in air.
It isn't a gas, but a solid at standard room temperature
2006-08-17 21:48:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the answers above are correct but phosphorus is not the only one there are a lot of man-made chemicals that will react with gaseous oxygen ( some are slow burn think RUST some are fast burn)
2006-08-17 21:52:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The answer to your question is not what it is that you must keep under water, but why? Then you will find the answer you are looking for.
2006-08-17 21:49:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
deep down the marianas trench have deposits of high isotope Hydrogen gas
2006-08-17 21:50:40 · answer #6 · answered by jude 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are a few, but you're probably thinking of elemental phosphorus
2006-08-17 21:49:00 · answer #7 · answered by Claude 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sodium...no nt a gas!! sodium if left open in air. will burn of itself because its highly reactive..n in presence of air ( oxygen precisely).. it wil immediatley burn or combust
2006-08-18 13:25:44 · answer #8 · answered by ani 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a solid like Raney nickel for example...
2006-08-18 05:20:08 · answer #9 · answered by Denis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it dynamite
2006-08-17 22:06:09 · answer #10 · answered by king 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋