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Chemistry
When washing soda is heated:
Q. When washing soda is heated:
2296
185
The s-Block Elements
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A
C
O
2
is released
B
CO
+
C
O
2
is released
C
CO is released
D
Water vapour is released
Solution:
Washing soda is sodium carbonate decahydrate
(
N
a
2
C
O
3
.10
H
2
O
)
But on heating above
373
K
it loses all the water molecules to form anhydrous sodium carbonate or soda ash
N
a
2
C
O
3
⋅
H
2
O
⟶
Δ
Soda ash
N
a
2
C
O
3
+
H
2
O
