A dry pellet of a common base B, When kept in open absorbs moisture and turns sticky. The compund is also a by poroduct of chlor alkali process . Identify B, what type of reaction occurs when B is treated with an acidic oxide? Write a blanced chemical eqution for one such solution

A dry pellet of a common base B, When kept in open absorbs moisture an

1.	A dry pellet of a common base B, When kept in open absorbs moisture and turns sticky. The compund is also a by poroduct of chlor alkali process . Identify B, what type of reaction occurs when B is treated with an acidic oxide? Write a blanced chemical eqution for one such solution
Answer» Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is commonly used base and is hydroscospic , that is , it absorbs moisture from the atmosphere and becomes sticky. Thus base B is NaOH (sodium hydroxide). It is also a by product of chlor alkali process The acidic oxide reacts with base to give slat and water If `CO_(2)` is the acidic oxide taken then the following reaction takes place with B. `2NaOH+CO_(2)rarrNa_(2)CO_(3)+H_(2)O` Such rection is called neutralisation reaction