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Explain what happenswhen boric acidis heated. |
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Answer» Solution :Boric ACID , on heating , loseswater inthere differentstages at differenttemperatures ultimately givingborontrioxide or borican hydride. `underset(" Boric acid ")(H_(3)BO_(3))OVERSET(370 K)RARR underset(" Metaboric acid ")(HBO_(2)) + H_(2)O` `underset(" Metaboric acid ")(4HBO_(2)) underset(-H_(2)O)overset(410 K)rarrunderset(" Tetraboric acid ")(H_(2)B_(4)O_(7))overset("Red HEAT")rarr underset(" Borontrioxide ")(2B_(2)O_(3)) + H_(2)O` . |
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