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One method of removing phosphate from wastewater effluents is to precipitate it with aluminum sulfate. A plausible stoichiometry (but not exact because aluminum and phosphate can form many different chemical materials) is:

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Answer: The equation is written below.

Step-by-step explanation:


2PO_4^(3-)(aq)+Al_2(SO_4)_3(aq)\rightarrow 2AlPO_4(s)+3SO_4^(2-)(aq)

According to Stoichiometry of the reaction:

2 moles of phosphate ions reacts with 1 mole of aluminum sulfate to produce 2 moles of aluminum phosphate precipitate and 3 moles of sulfate ions.

Aluminum phosphate is an odorless and white crystalline solid

The chemical equation is written above.

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