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Baking soda is which type of salt?

A

Basic salt

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B

Acidic salt

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Solution

Explanation:

  • Baking soda is a basic salt.
  • The chemical formula for baking soda is NaHCO3.
    NaHCO3 is a salt of a weak acid, H2CO3, and a strong base, NaOH. Since carbonic acid is a weak acid, it remains undissociated.
  • Hence, the solution becomes basic due to the presence of additional OH- ions produced by hydrolysis.

Hence, option (B) is correct.


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