Answer
$4PBr_{3} (g) + 6H_{2}(g) → P_{4}(g) + 12HBr (g)$
Work Step by Step
This reaction occurs at high temperature. Phosphorus bromide is reduced to white phosphorus by hydrogen gas, while forming hydrogen bromide.
Chemistry: The Central Science (13th Edition)
by Brown, Theodore E.; LeMay, H. Eugene; Bursten, Bruce E.; Murphy, Catherine; Woodward, Patrick; Stoltzfus, Matthew E.
Published by
Prentice Hall
ISBN 10:
0321910419
ISBN 13:
978-0-32191-041-7
Chapter 22 - Chemistry of the Nonmetals - Exercises - Page 993: 22.63c
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