Question #9c275

1 Answer
May 7, 2017

You can produce 10.1 g of "Na"_3"PO"_4.

Explanation:

The balanced equation is

"3NaOH + H"_3"PO"_4 → "Na"_3"PO"_4 + 3"H"_2"O"

"Moles of NaOH"

= 1.11 × 10^23 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("formula units NaOH"))) × "1 mol NaOH"/(6.022 × 10^23 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("formula units NaOH")))) = "0.1843 mol NaOH"

"Moles of Na"_3"PO"_4 = 0.1842 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mol NaOH"))) × ("1 mol Na"_3"PO"_4)/(3 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mol NaOH")))) = "0.061 44 mol Na"_3"PO"_4

"Mass of Na"_3"PO"_4 = "0.061 44" "mol Na"_3"PO"_4 × ("163.94 g Na"_3"PO"_4)/(1 "mol Na"_3"PO"_4) = "10.1 g Na"_3"PO"_4