High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Phosphorus pentoxide crystallizes in at least four forms or polymorphs. The most familiar one, shown in the figure, comprises molecules of P4O10. Weak van der Waals forces hold these molecules together in a hexagonal lattice (However, in spite of the high symmetry of the molecules, the crystal packing is not a close packing). The structure of the P4O10 cage is reminiscent of adamantane with Td symmetry point group. It is closely related to the corresponding anhydride of phosphorous acid, P4O6. The latter lacks terminal oxo groups. Its density is 2.30 g/cm . It boils at 423 °C under atmospheric pressure; if heated more rapidly it can sublimate.

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