Question

When liquid phosphorus trichloride is added to water, it reacts to form aqueous phosphorous acid, h3po3(aq), and aqueous hydrochloric acid. express your answer as a balanced chemical equation. identify all of the phases in your answer?

Answer 1

Answer: The balanced chemical equation for the reaction of phosphorus trichloride with water is written below.

Explanation:

A balanced chemical equation is defined as the equation in which total number of individual atoms on the reactant side is equal to the total number of individual atoms on product side.

The balanced chemical equation for the reaction of phosphorus trichloride with water follows:

$PCl_3(l)+3H_2O(l)\rightarrow H_3PO_3(aq.)+3HCl(aq.)$

By Stoichiometry of the reaction:

1 mole of liquid phosphorus trichloride reacts with 3 moles of water to produce 1 mole of aqueous phosphorus acid and 3 moles of aqueous hydrochloric acid.

Hence, the balanced chemical equation for the reaction of phosphorus trichloride with water is written above.

Answer 2

Hey there!:

I'll balance it:

PCl3 + H2O ---> H3PO3 + HCl

* PCl3 (l )+ 3 H2O (l)--->H3PO3(aq) +3 HCl(aq)

Hope that helps!