Answer to Question #82785 in General Chemistry for David

Question

if it takes 80.0ml of 1.500 M KOH to neutralize120.0ml of given H3PO4 solution, what is the molarity of this phosphoric acid solution?

Answer 1

The molarity is 0.33 M.

The equation is:

3KOH + H3PO4 → K3PO4 + 3H2O

The number of moles of KOH = 1.5mol/L*0.08L = 0.12 mol

From the equation the number of moles of phosphoric acid must be 1/3 of this:

n(H3PO4) = 0.12/3 = 0.04 mol

Molarity = 0.04mol/0.12L = 0.33 M