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Phosphoric acid is manufactured by treating calcium phosphate with sulfuric acid. This is known as the "wet process".

W. Büchner, R. Schliebs, G. Winter, K.H. Büchel, Industrial Inorganic Chemistry, VCH, 1989

Ca3(PO4)2
  +  
3
H2SO4
         
2
H3PO4
  +  
3
CaSO4
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Calcium phosphate, tribasic     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Sulfuric acid     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Phosphoric acid     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Calcium sulfate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Industrial Process: Inorganic
Proton transfer: Brønsted reaction

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