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Cat asked in Science & MathematicsChemistry · 7 months ago

Given 5.0 moles of KOH and 2.0 moles of H3PO4, how many moles of K3PO4 can be prepared?which is the limiting reagent? which is the excess? ?

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  • 7 months ago

    3 KOH + H3PO4 → K3PO4 + 3 H2O

    5.0 moles of KOH would react completely with 5.0 x (1/3) = 1.7 moles of H3PO4, but there is more H3PO4 present than that, so H3PO4 is in excess and KOH is the limiting reagent.

    (5.0 mol KOH) x (1 mol  K3PO4 / 3 mol KOH) = 1.7 mol K3PO4

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