Question

Calcium nitrate reacts with sodium phosphate to form sodium nitrate and calcium phosphate. Given 96.1 grams of calcium nitrate what’s the theoretical yield of calcium phosphate

Answer 1

Equation is:

Ca(NO3)2 + Na3PO4 —> NaNO3 + Ca3(PO4)2

Balance it out

3Ca(NO3)2 + 2Na3PO4 —> 6NaNO3 + Ca3(PO4)2

You have 96.1g of Calcium Nitrate

Moles = Mass/Molar Mass

Molar mass of Calcium Nitrate is 164.088 g/mol

96.1g / 164.088 g/mol =0.586 moles

Mole ratio is 3:1

Therefore 0.586/3 moles of calcium phosphate

Moles x molar mass = mass

0.586/3 x 310.18 g/mol = 60.6~g roughly as theoretical yield