Phosphorus

Early modern · Materials · 1669

TL;DR

Phosphorus - requires enrichment with adjacent possible narrative

Phosphorus - requires enrichment

What Had To Exist First

Required Knowledge

  • Periodic table elements
  • Alchemy

What This Enabled

Inventions that became possible because of Phosphorus:

Concept of chemical element White phosphorus match Red phosphorus White phosphorus munition

Biological Patterns

Mechanisms that explain how this invention emerged and spread:

Niche Construction Adaptive Radiation

Related Inventions

White phosphorus munition White phosphorus match Concept of chemical element Red phosphorus

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Chemistry

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