Question

Ammonium phosphate is an important ingredient in many solid fertilizers. it can be made by reacting aqueous phosphoric acid with liquid ammonia. calculate the moles of ammonium phosphate produced by the reaction of 0.085 mol of ammonia. be sure your answer has a unit symbol, if necessary, and round it to the correct number of significant digits.

Answer 1

0.028 mole of ammonium phosphate, (NH₄)₃PO₄.

Step-by-step explanation:

We'll begin by writing the balanced equation for the reaction. This is illustrated below:

H₃PO₄ + 3NH₃ —> (NH₄)₃PO₄

From the balanced equation above,

3 moles of NH₃ reacted to produce 1 mole of (NH₄)₃PO₄.

Finally, we shall determine the number of mole of (NH₄)₃PO₄ produced by the reaction of 0.085 mole of ammonia, NH₃. This can be obtained as follow:

From the balanced equation above,

3 moles of NH₃ reacted to produce 1 mole of (NH₄)₃PO₄.

Therefore, 0.085 mole of NH₃ will react to produce = (0.085 × 1)/3 = 0.028 mole of (NH₄)₃PO₄.

Thus, 0.028 mole of ammonium phosphate, (NH₄)₃PO₄ were obtained from the reaction.