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Question
Taking sodium carbonate as an example, give the meaning of the following terms:
Anhydrous
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Solution
Hydrous salt on heating lose their water of crystallization, such salts are then called anhydrous.
For example: Na2CO3.10H2O on losing 10 molecules of water forms Na2CO3.
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