{"id":196037,"date":"2025-03-02T08:19:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T08:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=196037"},"modified":"2025-03-02T08:19:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T08:19:44","slug":"write-a-balanced-equation-to-show-the-reaction-of-aluminum-acetate-with-ammonium-phosphate-to-form-aluminum-phosphate-and-ammonium-acetate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/02\/write-a-balanced-equation-to-show-the-reaction-of-aluminum-acetate-with-ammonium-phosphate-to-form-aluminum-phosphate-and-ammonium-acetate\/","title":{"rendered":"Write a balanced equation to show the reaction of aluminum acetate with ammonium phosphate to form aluminum phosphate and ammonium acetate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Write a balanced equation to show the reaction of aluminum acetate with ammonium phosphate to form aluminum phosphate and ammonium acetate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a) Al(C2H3O2)3 + (NH4)3PO4 AIPO4(2) + 3 NH4C2H302<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>b) Al(CH3O2)2 + (NH3)2PO4 AIPO4() + 2NH3CH3O2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>c) AI(CO3)2 + (NH3)2PO4 AIPO46) + 2 NHCO3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>d) Al(C2H3O2)2 + (NH4)2PO4 AIPO4() + 2NH4C2H302<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>e) AI(CO2)3 + (NH4)3PO3 AIPO36) + 3 NH4CO2 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\"><strong>The Correct Answer and Explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer is <strong>a)<\/strong>:<br><strong>Al(C\u2082H\u2083O\u2082)\u2083 + (NH\u2084)\u2083PO\u2084 \u2192 AlPO\u2084 + 3 NH\u2084C\u2082H\u2083O\u2082<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To understand the reaction, let&#8217;s break down the equation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Aluminum acetate (Al(C\u2082H\u2083O\u2082)\u2083)<\/strong> is made up of aluminum ions (Al\u00b3\u207a) and acetate ions (C\u2082H\u2083O\u2082\u207b).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ammonium phosphate ((NH\u2084)\u2083PO\u2084)<\/strong> consists of ammonium ions (NH\u2084\u207a) and phosphate ions (PO\u2084\u00b3\u207b).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>In this reaction:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Aluminum acetate<\/strong> reacts with <strong>ammonium phosphate<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>aluminum ions (Al\u00b3\u207a)<\/strong> combine with the <strong>phosphate ions (PO\u2084\u00b3\u207b)<\/strong> to form <strong>aluminum phosphate (AlPO\u2084)<\/strong>, a white solid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>ammonium ions (NH\u2084\u207a)<\/strong> combine with the <strong>acetate ions (C\u2082H\u2083O\u2082\u207b)<\/strong> to form <strong>ammonium acetate (NH\u2084C\u2082H\u2083O\u2082)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This type of reaction is a double displacement reaction where two compounds exchange their ions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steps to balance the reaction:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The number of <strong>acetate ions (C\u2082H\u2083O\u2082\u207b)<\/strong> from aluminum acetate must balance with the number of <strong>ammonium ions (NH\u2084\u207a)<\/strong> from ammonium phosphate, requiring a coefficient of 3 for <strong>NH\u2084C\u2082H\u2083O\u2082<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The ratio of <strong>Al\u00b3\u207a<\/strong> to <strong>PO\u2084\u00b3\u207b<\/strong> is 1:1, so we only need 1 molecule of <strong>AlPO\u2084<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the balanced equation is:<br><strong>Al(C\u2082H\u2083O\u2082)\u2083 + (NH\u2084)\u2083PO\u2084 \u2192 AlPO\u2084 + 3 NH\u2084C\u2082H\u2083O\u2082<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This equation shows the complete ionic exchange where aluminum ions and phosphate ions combine to form aluminum phosphate, and ammonium ions and acetate ions form ammonium acetate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, I\u2019ll generate an image to represent the reaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/files.oaiusercontent.com\/file-UCXRbsE4VLp1U4pauhgqJt?se=2025-03-02T08%3A23%3A54Z&amp;sp=r&amp;sv=2024-08-04&amp;sr=b&amp;rscc=max-age%3D604800%2C%20immutable%2C%20private&amp;rscd=attachment%3B%20filename%3D2e5faf00-68f5-4816-bb05-a8a02235c9bf.webp&amp;sig=2MzdHSdPRHx280uzJKqBATl2%2BbMgvtwME%2Bs0BD9ChtE%3D\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the visual representation of the reaction of aluminum acetate with ammonium phosphate to form aluminum phosphate and ammonium acetate. The diagram shows the molecular structures of the reactants and products, along with the ionic exchange taking place in the reaction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Write a balanced equation to show the reaction of aluminum acetate with ammonium phosphate to form aluminum phosphate and ammonium acetate. a) Al(C2H3O2)3 + (NH4)3PO4 AIPO4(2) + 3 NH4C2H302 b) Al(CH3O2)2 + (NH3)2PO4 AIPO4() + 2NH3CH3O2 c) AI(CO3)2 + (NH3)2PO4 AIPO46) + 2 NHCO3 d) Al(C2H3O2)2 + (NH4)2PO4 AIPO4() + 2NH4C2H302 e) AI(CO2)3 + (NH4)3PO3 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196037\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}