Calcium phosphate, often used in fertilizers, can be produced by reacting calcium chloride with phosphoric acid following the balanced equation below: 3 CaCl2(aq) +  2 H3PO4(aq) →   Ca3(PO4)2(s) +  6 HCl(aq)             If 24.6 g of calcium chloride (110.98 g/mol) react with 25.2 g of phosphoric acid (98.00 g/mol) then How many grams of calcium phosphate (310.18 g/mol) can be theoretically produced?

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Calcium phosphate, often used in fertilizers, can be produced by reacting calcium chloride with phosphoric acid following the balanced equation below:

3 CaCl2(aq) +  2 H3PO4(aq) →   Ca3(PO4)2(s) +  6 HCl(aq)            

If 24.6 g of calcium chloride (110.98 g/mol) react with 25.2 g of phosphoric acid (98.00 g/mol) then

How many grams of calcium phosphate (310.18 g/mol) can be theoretically produced?  

 

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