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what happen when phosphorous acid is heated ?

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Phosphorous acid (H3PO3) on heating at about 2000C yields phosphoric acid and phosphine as:

4 H3PO3 --- heat--> 3H3PO4 (phosphoric acid) + PH3 (Phosphine)


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