Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Topic

Chemistry

Question:

Which of the following is a correct formula for washing soda? 

Options:

Na2CO3.10H2O

Na2CO3 

NaCO3

Na2CO

Correct Answer:

Na2CO3.10H2O

Explanation:

The correct answer is option 1. Na2CO3.10H2O.

Its chemical formula is Na2CO3.10H2O. Washing soda is nothing more than sodium carbonate, which has two sodium atoms, one carbon atom, three oxygen atoms, and ten moles of water in each molecule.