Sodium carbonate is generally considered an inorganic compound, even though it contains carbon.
base
Weak base
Sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) is a weak base
Yes: hydrogen carbonate is a stronger acid, and therefore a weaker base, than carbonate.
Sodium carbonate is a salt.
Carbon itself does not have a pH as it is only an element. However, when combined with others to form compounds, carbon can become a base or acid. It can be a base by becoming a sodium carbonate, or become an acid by becoming an carbonate.
sodium hydrogen carbonate (base) in the small intestine neutralises the hydrochloric acid entering the small intestine.
Sodium Carbonate is a base.
Sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) is a weak base
no. it is a base.
Sodium Carbonate is a base.
Yes: hydrogen carbonate is a stronger acid, and therefore a weaker base, than carbonate.
Sodium carbonate is a salt.
Sodium carbonate is the product of the neutralization reaction between a strong base (NaOH) and a weak acid (H2CO3).
Carbon itself does not have a pH as it is only an element. However, when combined with others to form compounds, carbon can become a base or acid. It can be a base by becoming a sodium carbonate, or become an acid by becoming an carbonate.
Sodium carbonate solution is alkaline because of the carbonate ion. Sodium ions do not change the pH. However, carbonate, being the conjugate base of a weak acid (carbonic acid/hydrogen carbonate) does affect the pH. The carbonate ions can abstract a proton to form hydrogen carbonate, HCO3-. When the proton is abstracted from water, hydroxide ions form which results in a higher pH (more basic).
water is produced
sodium hydrogen carbonate (base) in the small intestine neutralises the hydrochloric acid entering the small intestine.
Sodium carbonate react with hydrochloric acid !