Crystalline forms of the phosphorus (see phase diagram in [Clark10]):
3D | bcc | >258GPa | metal | |
sc | >10GPa | |||
layered (black-P) |
A7 | >5GPa | semimetal | |
black-P | A17 | stable phase | semiconductor | |
polymeric (red-P) |
monoclinic-P | mP84 | Hittorf's-P | widegap semiconductor |
amorphous | ||||
molecular (white-P) |
α-P4 | cI232* | stable phase | insulator |
β-P4 | aP24 | <196K | ||
γ-P4 | <150K |
* I-43m α-Mn structure, a=18.51, 58 molecules per unit cell