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Question

rule is non-metal oxide + H20= ternary acid or oxyacid

PO3+H2O =???????

what is the product and balance the equation...thank you!!

Answer 1

Were you asked to do phosphorus trioxide? It has the formula P4O6

P4O6 + 6H2O -------&gt; 4H3PO3

Answer 2

First of all, there is no PO3 molecule.  That would require that phosphorous have a +6 oxidation state, which it doesn&#039;t.

P2O5 is a viable phosphorous oxide and it reacts with water to make phosphoric acid

P2O5 + 3H2O --&gt; 2H3PO4(aq)

Also:

N2O5 + H2O --&gt; 2 HNO3

SO3 + H2O --&gt; H2SO4

Cl2O5 + H2O --&gt; 2 HClO3

Answer 3

PO3 + H2O = H + HPO4(-3)

Answer 4

A little help with chemical nomenclature:

Phosphorous trioxide (for P4O6) is actually a common name not the IUPAC name.  P4O6 is a dimer of P2O3 which should be named diphosphorous trioxide, not phosphorous trioxide, if IUPAC naming conventions are to be followed.   P4O6 would be tetraphosphorous hexoxide.

You can learn more about the IUPAC and the guidelines for naming compounds at ...

http://www.iupac.org/