Here is a web site with lots of useful info on H3PO4:
http://www.innophos.com/brochures/acid/page1.asp
See Table 19 for vapor pressures.
Cheers Willi
Jason Curtis wrote:
> I am looking for some information about how high a vacuum is needed to
> boil 100% ortho phosphoric acid at room temperature. I know from my
> own experience that it does not boil at 90C at 1e-3 mbar but someone
> asked me it they could increase the vacuum to 1e-6 mbar at room temp
> and still not have acid moving around. Thanks in advance for help
> with this weird question. If I don't hear anything I guess I will
> just have to experiment! Jason
>
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