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Question
Concentrated nitric acid oxidizes phosphorous to phosphoric acid according to the following equation :
P + 5HNO3 → H3PO4 + H2O + 5NO2
What mass of nitric acid will be consumed at the same time?
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Solution
Given equation is :
P + 5HNO3 → H3PO4 + H2O + 5NO2
Molecular mass of nitric acid = 63
31g of phosphorous will consume = 6 g of nitric acid.
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