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    Borax Formula - Practice Questions & MCQ

    Edited By admin | Updated on Sep 18, 2023 18:35 AM | #JEE Main

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    When borax is heated with \mathrm{CoO} on a platinum loop, blue-coloured bead formed, largely due to

    What is the pH of a 1% solution of Borax?

    During the borax bead test with CuSO_{4}, a blue green colour of the bead was observed in oxidising flame due to the formation of 

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    The anionic unit of borax is:

    The aqueous solution of borax is 

    Which of the following is not a mineral of Boron?

    The number of electrons in ground state electronic configuration of Boron for which $l=1$

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    Borax bead contains

    Hydrolysis of $\mathrm{BCl}_3$ gives X which on treatment with sodium carbonate produces Y, X and Y, respectively, are 

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    The borex based test can be used to detect the presence of

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    Borax

    It is the most important compound of boron. It is a white crystalline solid of formula Na2B4O7⋅10H2O. In fact, it contains the tetranuclear units [B4O5(OH)4]2-and correct formula; therefore, is Na_2[B_4O_5(OH)_4].8H_2O. Borax dissolves in water to give an alkaline solution.

    \mathrm{Na_{2}B_{4}O_{7}\: +\: 7H_{2}O\: \rightarrow \: 2NaOH\: +\: 4H_{3}BO_{3}}

    On heating, borax first loses water molecules and swells up. On further heating it turns into a transparent liquid, which solidifies into glass like material known as borax bead.

    \mathrm{Na_{2}B_{4}O_{7}.10H_{2}O\: \overset{\Delta }{\rightarrow}\: Na_{2}B_{4}O_{7}\: \overset{\Delta }{\rightarrow}\: 2NaBO_{2}\: +\: B_{2}O_{3}}

    The metaborates of many transition metals have characteristic colours and, therefore, borax bead test can be used to identify them in the laboratory. For example, when borax is heated in a Bunsen burner flame with CoO on a loop of platinum wire, a blue coloured
    Co(BO2)2 bead is formed.

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