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Molarity of a given orthophosphoric acid solution is \(3 \mathrm{M}\). It's normality is

  1. A \(9 \mathrm{~N}\)
  2. B \(0.3 \mathrm{~N}\)
  3. C \(3 \mathrm{~N}\)
  4. D \(1 \mathrm{~N}\)
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(A) \(9 \mathrm{~N}\)

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Orthophosphoric acid \(\left(\mathrm{H}_{3} \mathrm{PO}_{4}\right)\) is a tribasic acid
\(\because \quad\) Normality \(=\) Molarity \(\times\) basicity \(\begin{aligned} \therefore \quad \text { Normality } &=3 \mathrm{M} \times 3 \\ &=9 \mathrm{~N} \end{aligned}\)