Question

Sodium hydrogen is a basic salt .justify the statement .how to convert into washing soda. explain?

Answer 1

sodium hydrogen carbonate is a basic salt because its parent base is strong(NaOH) and parent acid is weak(H2CO3).

it involves following reactions:-

1 . NaHCO3 is heated to form Na2CO3 + H2O + CO2

2 . Na2CO3  when crystallized Na2CO3.10H2O(washing soda)