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