Description
Phosphoric acid
puriss. p.a., crystallized, ≥99.0% (T)
Synonym(s):
Orthophosphoric acid
Linear Formula:
H3PO4
CAS Number:
7664-38-2
Molecular Weight:
98.00
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1921286
EC Number:
231-633-2
MDL number:
MFCD00011340
PubChem Substance ID:
329768533
NACRES:
NA.21
PROPERTIES
vapor density
3.4 (vs air)
vapor pressure
2.2 mmHg ( 20 °C)
5 mmHg ( 25 °C)
grade
puriss. p.a.
assay
≥99.0% (T)
form
powder or crystals
quality
crystallized
impurities
≤0.002% KMnO4-reducing matter (as O)
bp
158 °C (lit.)
mp
~40 °C (lit.)
~40 °C
solubility
water: 850 g/L at 20 °C
density
1.685 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
anion traces
chloride (Cl-): ≤5 mg/kg
nitrate (NO3-): ≤5 mg/kg
phosphite, hypophosphite (as H3PO3): ≤500 mg/kg
sulfate (SO42-): ≤30 mg/kg
cation traces
As: ≤1 mg/kg
Ca: ≤10 mg/kg
Cd: ≤1 mg/kg
Co: ≤1 mg/kg
Cr: ≤1 mg/kg
Cu: ≤1 mg/kg
Fe: ≤10 mg/kg
K: ≤5 mg/kg
Mg: ≤1 mg/kg
Mn: ≤1 mg/kg
Na: ≤50 mg/kg
Ni: ≤1 mg/kg
Pb: ≤1 mg/kg
Zn: ≤1 mg/kg
SMILES string
OP(O)(O)=O
InChI
1S/H3O4P/c1-5(2,3)4/h(H3,1,2,3,4)
InChI key
NBIIXXVUZAFLBC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
General description
Phosphoric acid (H3PO4) is also known as orthophosphoric acid. It serves as an intermediary or reagent in various manufacturing processes. Phosphoric acid is found in fertilizers, detergents, and other household cleaning products.
The product is crystalline phosphoric acid.
Application
Phosphoric acid has been employed as an oxidation reagent in a study.1 It may be used in the preparation of ammonium phosphate.[1]
Phosphoric acid is used:
- As a catalyst in the nucleophilic addition to imines.
- In the synthesis of porous phosphoric acid-based geopolymers.
- In the synthesis of mono-alkyl phosphates from simple aliphatic alcohols in the presence of acetic anhydride activator.
Other Notes
Concentrated phosphoric acid is approx. 85% H3PO4 (aqueous).
Caution
product may become solid, becomes liquid on heating to 50°C
SAFETY INFORMATION
pictograms
GHS05,GHS07
signalword
Danger
hcodes
H290 - H302 - H314
pcodes
P234 - P260 - P280 - P301 + P312 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P305 + P351 + P338
Hazard Classifications
Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Met. Corr. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B
Storage Class
8A - Combustible, corrosive hazardous materials
wgk_germany
WGK 1
flash_point_f
Not applicable
flash_point_c
Not applicable