Chemistry
Concentrated nitric acid oxidises phosphorus to phosphoric acid according to the following equation:
P + 5HNO3 ⟶ H3PO4 + 5NO2 + H2O
(a) What mass of phosphoric acid can be prepared from 3.1 g of phosphorus?
(b) What mass of nitric acid will be consumed at the same time?
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