Does the pH of sodium bicarbonate solution increase or decrease as a result of dilution? Answer the same question for sodium carbonate. Explain your answers.
pH of the sodium bicarbonte will not change because it has some buffering capacity. Buffering capacity means which resists to change the pH of the solution.
When Sodium carbonate dissolves in water it become basic. The Chemical equation will be
Na2CO3 + H2O---> NaOH [strong Base]+H2CO3 [Weak Acid] Since the products contains both acid base the resulted solution will not be neutral, Soultion will be still alkaline beacuse of the preseance of strong base [NaOH]
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