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When wood is burnt, a grey powder called ash remains. The ash is stirred with water and filtered a colourless solution is obtained

      

When wood is burnt, a grey powder called ash remains. The ash is stirred with water and filtered a colourless solution is obtained
a) What is the main component of the colourless solution
b) Explain your answer in (a) above
c) State the observation that would be made if methyl orange indicator was passed through the solution of ash.

  

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John
a) Potassium hydroxide (KOH)

b) Plants need potassium on a large-scale or macro scale therefore the ash contains mainly potassium oxide (K2O)

c) Plants need potassium on large scale; potassium is a macro nutrient therefore the ash contains K2O Would turn yellow.
johnmulu answered the question on February 2, 2017 at 07:01


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