Solutions/Answers to NCERT/CBSE CHEMISTRY Class 11(Class XI)textbook CHAPTER
ELEVEN
11.30 A certain salt X gives the following results. (i) Its aqueous solution is alkaline to litmus. (ii) It swells up to a glassy material Y on strong heating. (iii) When conc. H2SO4 is added to a hot solution of X, white crystal of an acid Z separates out.
Write equations for all the above reactions and identify X, Y and Z.
Since the aqueous solution is alkaline to litmus, the compound must be a salt of strong base and weak acid.
Since it swells up to a glassy material Y on strong heating X should be borax and Y should be sodium meta borate or boric anhydride or a mixture of both.
When conc. H2SO4 is added to a hot solution of X, white crystal of an acid Z separates out which means Z is orthoboric acid.
The equations are as given below.
(i)
Na2B4O7.10H2O→2NaOH + H2B4O7 +8H2O9 When dissolved in water form basic solution)