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Answer: The following are common household compounds:
Chapter 4, Problem 4.138(choose chapter or problem)
The following are common household compounds: table salt (NaCl), table sugar (sucrose), vinegar (contains acetic acid), baking soda (NaHCO3), washing soda (Na2CO3 ? 10H2O), boric acid (H3BO3, used in eyewash), epsom salt (MgSO4 ? 7H2O), sodium hydroxide (used in drain openers), ammonia, milk of magnesia [Mg(OH)2], and calcium carbonate. Based on what you have learned in this chapter, describe test(s) that would enable you to identify each of these compounds.
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QUESTION:
The following are common household compounds: table salt (NaCl), table sugar (sucrose), vinegar (contains acetic acid), baking soda (NaHCO3), washing soda (Na2CO3 ? 10H2O), boric acid (H3BO3, used in eyewash), epsom salt (MgSO4 ? 7H2O), sodium hydroxide (used in drain openers), ammonia, milk of magnesia [Mg(OH)2], and calcium carbonate. Based on what you have learned in this chapter, describe test(s) that would enable you to identify each of these compounds.
ANSWER:Step 1 of 11
(a)
The given compound - Salt
Molecular formula -
Table salt, 
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