Let us say you have this salt: KH2PO4. To this salt you add HCl(aq):
KH2PO4(s) + HCl(aq) --> KCl(aq) + H2PO4-(aq) + H+(aq) (equation 1)
Now phosphate reacts with added molybdate in an acidic enviroment:
H2PO4-(aq) + H+(aq) + (NH4)2MoO4(aq) --> (NH4)3[PMo12O40](s) (equation 2)
According to a lab manual, the product on the right side of the reaction in Eq. 2 is correct. The manual only states that phosphate reacts with molybdate and creates the product in equation 2 - not what the reactions in question look like. Have I made something correct? Is the balancing of this equation "only" a matter of stoichiometry skills?
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Shafaifer