Phosphoric Acid → Phosphoric acid, barium salt (2:3)

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Barium phosphate was prepared by the following procedure. Barium hydroxide monohydrate (45.0 g, 237.6 mmoles) was dissolved in 3000 ml of distilled water and stirred for two hours. Phosphoric acid (18.3 g of 85%w phosphoric acid, containing 158.5 mmoles of acid) was added dropwise to the barium hydroxide solution over a seven minute period. A milky white suspension formed and remained as the suspension was stirred for one hour. The mixture was then filtered through a Buchner funnel to recover a solid which was washed with 400 ml of distilled water and filtered to dryness. The solid was placed in a vacuum oven at 120° C. and 20mm of mercury for several hours to effect more complete dryness. The white solid product was analyzed by X-ray powder diffraction and found to contain Ba3 (PO4)2 as the major crystalline product, with much smaller amounts of crystalline BaHPO4 and Ba5 (OH)(PO4)3 also present.

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