Describe a chemical test that can be used to distinguish between sodium carbonate and sodium hydrogen carbonate.

      

Describe a chemical test that can be used to distinguish between sodium carbonate and sodium hydrogen carbonate.

  

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Edith
Heat the samples separately. Sodium hydrogen carbonate decomposes to produce carbon (IV) oxide while Sodium carbonate does not.
eddynightsy answered the question on May 2, 2018 at 08:53


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