Ammonium phosphate ((NH4) 3 (PO4) is an important ingredient in many solid fertilizers. It can be made by reacting aqueous phosphoric acid with liquid ammonia. Calculate the moles of ammonia needed to produce of ammonium phosphate. Be sure your answer has a unit symbol, if necessary, and round it to significant digits.

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30 January, 08:36

Ammonium phosphate ((NH4) 3 (PO4) is an important ingredient in many solid fertilizers. It can be made by reacting aqueous phosphoric acid with liquid ammonia. Calculate the moles of ammonia needed to produce of ammonium phosphate. Be sure your answer has a unit symbol, if necessary, and round it to significant digits.

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Number of moles of ammonia to produced Ammonium phosphate=3

Explanation:

First balance the chemical reaction between aqueous phosphoric acid and liquid ammonia

H3PO4 (aq) + 3NH3 (l) = (NH4) 3PO4

From the balanced above reaction it is clearly that,

1 mole of aqueous phosphoric acid reacts with 3 mole of liquid ammonia to form 1 mole of ammonium phosphate

Hence,

Number of moles of ammonia to produced Ammonium phosphate=3