Question

Scenario
A chemistry student was required to synthesize aqueous cobalt (II) phosphate for a subsequent experiment. The lab supervisor gave him aqueous chromium (II) phosphate and solid cobalt. The student filtered the resulting mixture and discarded the residue.
Write a balanced equation for the lab student’s chemical process
What type of chemical reaction is taking place?
How many moles of solid cobalt are required to produce 17.73 moles of aqueous cobalt (II) phosphate?
How many grams of the residue are produced from the 16.75 moles of the aqueous cobalt (II) phosphate?

Answer 1

There is an electron exchange occurring from solid cobalt to cobalt (III), this is a redox reaction.

Answer 2

I hope that can get you started in writing the reaction.

Answer 3

thanks