Chemistry, asked by jaswanth46, 1 year ago

why an aqueous borax solution is alkaline to litmus?​

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Answered by KeshavGiri
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When borax is dissolved in water it ionizes and hydrolysis of borate ion gives OH (the hydroxyl ion) and boric acid. Since boric acid is a weak acid AND Na-OH is strong a alkali an aqueous solution of borax is alkaline in nature.

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