Sodium sulphate is also called ___ salt.

Glauber's

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Solution

The correct option is A Glauber's
Glauber heated common salt with oil of vitriol (sulphuric acid) in a glass flask. This resulted in the formation of sodium sulphate and hydrochloric acid gas. Therefore, he named sodium sulphate as Glauber's salt.

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