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Re:Black Phosphorous – the birth of a new wonder material by waqf on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @10:47AM (#8880513)
That's true of phosphorous acid (where the name distinguishes it from phosphoric acid), but otherwise English chemical names use the noun form of the positive ion (e.g. phosphorus pentoxide).
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