What volume of 0.250 M calcium chloride needs to be added to sodium phosphate to produce 35.0g of calcium phosphate?

User Icon for DrBob222 DrBob222 answered
11 years ago

Write the equation and balance it.

3CaCl2 + 2Na3PO4 ==> Ca3(PO4)2 + 6NaCl

mols Ca3(PO4)2 = grams/molar mass
Convert mols Ca3(PO4)2 to mols CaCl2 using the coefficientsin the balanced equation.
Then mols CaCl2 = grams CaCl2 x molar mass CaCl2