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TS EAMCET · Chemistry · Redox Reactions

The number of dissociable protons in "orthophosphoric acid" is

  1. A 3
  2. B 4
  3. C 2
  4. D 1
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(A) 3

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Orthophosphoric acid is \(\mathrm{H}_3 \mathrm{PO}_4\), It dissociates as follows : (i) \(\mathrm{H}_3 \mathrm{PO}_4 \rightleftharpoons \mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{PO}_4^{-}+\mathrm{H}^{+}\) (ii) \(\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{PO}_4^{-} \rightleftharpoons \mathrm{HPO}_4^{2-}+\mathrm{H}^{+}\)…