Haryana PMT Haryana PMT Solved Paper-2009

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    A sodium salt on treatment with \[MgC{{l}_{2}}\] gives white precipitate on heating. The anion of sodium salt is

    A)  \[HCO_{3}^{-}\]                              

    B)  \[CO_{3}^{2-}\]

    C)  \[NO_{3}^{-}\]                                

    D)  \[SO_{4}^{2-}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                    Since the sodium salt on treatment with \[MgC{{l}_{2}}\] gives white ppt on heating, the salt must be sodium bicarbonate and the reactions are as follows \[\underset{sodium\,bicarbonate}{\mathop{2NaHC{{O}_{3}}}}\,+MgC{{l}_{2}}\xrightarrow{{}}\underset{magnesium\,bicarbonate}{\mathop{Mg{{(HC{{O}_{3}})}_{2}}}}\,\]                                                                 \[+2NaCl\] \[Mg{{(HC{{O}_{3}})}_{2}}\xrightarrow{\Delta }\underset{white\,ppt}{\mathop{MgC{{O}_{3}}}}\,\downarrow +{{H}_{2}}O+C{{O}_{2}}\]


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