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hp5182949
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Help Balancing this Chemical Equation

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H3 PO4 + Ta(OH)5 = Ta(PO4)5 + H2O
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Re: Help Balancing this Chemical Equation

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The Tantalum phosphate is wrong. Ta has oxidation number 5.
So the formula is wrong.
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