Smoke is a by-product. Unburned gases, etc.
The three mentioned parts combine to create what we called in the fire service the "fire tetrahedron" or something like that. Remove any of the 3 required components from the equation, and the flame disappears. Thus the importance to firefighters.
My advice is to leave the phosphorus alone, save the fireworks for the professionals.
my $.02, for what it's worth
aaron
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