Find out the difference between :

White phosphorus and Red phosphorus

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White phosphorus :

1. It consists of discrete tetrahedral P4 molecules.

2. It is less stable and more reactive. 

3. It exhibits chemiluminescence. 

4. It is poisonous.

Red phosphorus :

1. It consists chains of P4 molecules linked together by covalent bonds.

2. It is stable and less reactive. 

3. It does not exhibit chemiluminescence. 

4. It is nonpoisonous.

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