A box of washing soda is despatched off the factory

Last updated: 6/27/2023

A box of washing soda is despatched off the factory containing 1 50 g of Na CO3 10 H O Mw 286 A customer complains because he finds that the box appears partly empty and weighs only 1 34 g An independent analyst says that the box contains the correct mass of sodium carbonate but that it has lost water of crystallization What is the composition of the customer s soda a Na CO 1 3 H O Brainstorming b Na CO 1 7H O