A student mixes sodium sulphate powder in barium chloride powder. What change would the student observe on mixing the two powders? Justify your answer and explain how he can obtain the desired change.

Academic Chemistry NCERT Class 10

When a mixture of sodium sulphate powder and barium chloride powder is mixed together, no change is observed.

But when the solutions of barium chloride and sodium sulphate in water react to give insoluble white barium sulphate and the solution of sodium chloride.

The balanced chemical equation is for the above reaction is:

$BaCl_2 (aq) + Na_2SO_4 (aq) → BaSO_4 (s) + 2NaCl (aq)$

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Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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