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Question
Taking sodium carbonate as an example, give the meaning of the following terms:
Water of crystallization
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Solution
It is the fixed amount of water that is present in a crystal as an integral pat of its constitution. Compounds having water of crystallization are called hydrous salts.
For example: Sodium carbonate Na2CO3 has 10 molecules of water present as water of crystallization Na2CO3.10H2O
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