why washing soda loses its crystalline structure quickly
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Washing soda loses it's crystalline structure because water of it's water of crystallization losses . This mostly happen when the washing soda exposed to atmosphere it readily result in loss of it's nine water of crystallization out of total of 10 The process is like that
Na2CO3.10H2O⇒ Na2CO3.H2O +9H2O
This phenomenon is also known as the Efflorescence in which the crystalline salts when exposed to atmosphere results in losing of it's water of crystallization.
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Na2CO3.10H2O⇒ Na2CO3.H2O +9H2O
This phenomenon is also known as the Efflorescence in which the crystalline salts when exposed to atmosphere results in losing of it's water of crystallization.
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When washing soda or sodium
carbonate is exposed to air, the crystals in the compound loses its water
content. As a result, it gets converted into white powder. This white powder is
an anhydrous salt. To regain the crystalline texture, the white powder must be
mixed with water. The property of losing the water in crystalline content due
to exposure to air is called efflorescence.
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