Question

2. Concentrated nitric acid oxidises phosphorus to phosphoric acid according to the following
equation:
P + 5HNO3 --H3PO4 + H2O + 5NO2
(i) What mass of phosphoric acid can be prepared from 6.2 g of phosphorus ?
(ii) What mass of nitric acid will be consumed at the same time?
(iii) What would be the volume of steam produced at the same time if measured at 760 mm
pressure of Hg and 273 K?
(H = 1, N = 14,0 = 16, P = 31)​

Answer 1

Answer:

I. 19.6

2.63 g

3 0.0089L