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Loveleen Bajaj

What happens when borax is treated with sulphuric acid?

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Borax isn’t acidic.

Mind, you can you react it with an acid and then you’ll end up with boric acid, which is not borax anymore and would have a pH of 5.

Borax is quite basic, about pH 9.3.

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The reaction of borax with concentrated sulphuric acid:

Na2B4O7.10H2O + (conc.) H2SO4 ➡️4H3BO3 + Na2SO4 + 5H2O

Borax is the salt produced by the neutralisation of boric acid and sodium hydroxide. Therefore, by adding the acid, it will just convert the salt back to boric acid.

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