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Q. The reaction of white phosphorus on boiling with alkali in inert atmosphere resulted in the formation of product '$A$'. The reaction $1\,mol$ of ' $A$' with excess of $AgNO _{3}$ in aqueous medium gives $mol ( s )$ of $Ag$. (Round off to the Nearest Integer).

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Solution:

$P _{4}+3 OH ^{-}+3 H _{2} O \rightarrow PH _{3}+\underset{( A )}{3 H _{2} PO _{2}^{-}}$

$\underset{1\,\text{mole}}{H _{2} PO _{2}^{-}}+\underset{\text { excess}}{4 Ag ^{+}}+2 H _{2} O \rightarrow \underset{4 \text { excess}}{4Ag}+ H _{3} PO _{4}+3 H ^{+}$