Chemistry
Concentrated nitric acid oxidises phosphorus to phosphoric acid as
P + HNO3 ⟶H3PO4 + H2O + NO2
Balance the equation and answer the following questions based on it.
(i) What mass of phosphoric acid can be prepared from 6.2 g of phosphorus?
(ii) What mass of nitric acid will be consumed at the same time ?
(iii) What would be the volume of steam produced at the same time if measured at 760 mm. Hg pressure and 273°C.
(Atomic wt of H = 1, N = 14, O = 16, P = 31) ?
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