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Solid sodium bicarbonate was placed on a strip of pH paper. What was the change in colour?

No change in the colour of pH paper takes place because sodium carbonate in solid does not have free ions. Change in colour only occurs when sodium carbonate would be in the aqueous form as free ions will be present which results in a change of colour.


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