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 WHAT ARE THE CHEMICALS PRESENT IN MATCHSTICK?

Phosphorous

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Match stick is coated with the red phosphorus.

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its red phosphorus and antimony trisulphate. earlier matchstick used to have white phosophorus, which was very reactive. but nowadays, they use antimony trisulhate and red phosphorus.

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  red phosphorus ,antimony trisulphate, ( now)white phosphorous, piece of glass( earllier with ingredeints use now).

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ANTIMONY TRISULPHATE, POTASSIUM CHLORATE and white phosphorus turns to red phosphorus after striking the matchstick

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Red phophoruos

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Who gave my friend a thumbs down? ( it wasn't me)

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THE HEAD OF A   MATCHSTICK HAS ANTIMONY TRISULPHIDE & POTTASIUM CHLORATE WHICH IS APPLIED ON SPECIAL WOOD WITH SOME GLUE . THE RUBBING SURFACE HAS POWDERED GLASS & A SMALL AMNT OF RED PHOSPHORUS . WEN MATCHSTICK IS STRUCK AGAINST A ROUGH SURFACE THE RED PHOSPHORUS GETS CONVERTED TO WHITE PHOSPHORUSWHICH FURTHER REACTS WITH POTTASIUM CHLORATE IN THE MATCHSTICKS HEAD .THIS CHEMICAL REACTION PRODUCES SUFFICIENT HEAT FOR THE IGNITION OF ANTIMONY TRISULPHIDE& THE START OF THE COMBUSTION REACTION......... UNDERSTOOD THE WHOLE PROCESS & THE WHOLE PROCESS TAKES PLACE IN SECONDS........

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