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Phosphate radical with ammonium molybdate gives precipitate of which colour

Option: 1

Violet


Option: 2

Pink


Option: 3

Canary yellow


Option: 4

Green


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Phosphates give canary yellow precipitate of Ammonium Phosphomolybdate with ammonium molybdate in the presence of conc. \mathrm{HNO}_{3} 

\mathrm {H _{3} PO _{4}+12\left( NH _{4}\right)_{2} MoO _{4}+21 HNO _{3} \longrightarrow \underset{\text{Canary Yellow}}{\left( NH _{4}\right)_{3} PO _{4} \cdot 12 MoO _{3}}+21 NH _{4} NO _{3}+12 H _{2} O}

Hence, the correct answer is Option (3)

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