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In the wet process, a phosphate-containing mineral such as calcium hydroxyapatite and fluorapatite are treated with sulfuric acid. [21]Ca 5 (PO 4) 3 OH + 5 H 2 SO 4 → 3 H 3 PO 4 + 5 CaSO 4 + H 2 O
Note that each extra phosphoric unit adds one extra P atom, three extra O atoms, and either one extra hydrogen atom or an extra negative charge. Branched polyphosphoric acids give similarly branched polyphosphate anions. The simplest example of this is triphosphono phosphate [OP(OPO 3) 3] 9− and its partially dissociated versions.
This follows from consideration of mass balance (the total number of each atom/molecule must remain the same) and charge balance (the sum of the electric charges before and after the reaction must be zero). Note that the coefficients in front of the "x" correlate to the mole ratios of the reactants to the product.
The first point to note is that, when pK a is positive, the standard free energy change for the dissociation reaction is also positive. Second, some reactions are exothermic and some are endothermic, but, when ΔH ⊖ is negative TΔS ⊖ is the dominant factor, which determines that ΔG ⊖ is positive.
Charge balance in the solution: n(Na) + n(K) = n(Cl) + n(Br). Thin constraint imply that knowing the quantity of 3 of the 4 ionic species (Na, K, Cl, Br) determines the fourth. Consequently, the number of independently variable constituents, and therefore the number of components, is 4.
In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid.It most commonly means orthophosphate, a derivative of orthophosphoric acid, a.k.a. phosphoric acid H 3 PO 4.
For example, the defect may result in an ion on its own ion site or a vacancy on the cation site. To complete the reactions, the proper number of each ion must be present (mass balance), an equal number of sites must exist (site balance), and the sums of the charges of the reactants and products must also be equal (charge balance).
The carbonate buffer reaction helps maintain a constant H+ concentration in the ocean because it consumes hydrogen ions, [13] and thereby maintains a constant pH. [12] The ocean has been experiencing ocean acidification due to humans increasing C O 2 {\displaystyle \mathrm {CO_{2}} } in the atmosphere. [ 14 ]