NCERT Class XI Chemistry The p-Block Elements Solutions

Question : 6

Total: 38

Explain what happens when boric acid is heated.

Solution:

On heating orthoboric acid above 370 K, it forms metaboric acid, HBO2 which on further heating yields boric oxide, B2O3.
H3BO3

→

HBO2

→

B2O3

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