{"id":3941,"date":"2025-06-06T16:45:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T11:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/?p=3941"},"modified":"2025-06-06T16:45:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T11:15:34","slug":"sodium-carbonate-is-a-basic-salt-because-it-is-a-salt-derived-from-class-11-chemistry-cbse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/sodium-carbonate-is-a-basic-salt-because-it-is-a-salt-derived-from-class-11-chemistry-cbse\/","title":{"rendered":"Sodium Carbonate is a Basic Salt because it is a Salt Derived from:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Let\u2019s look at each option and analyse the correct one along with the others. But before moving forward with the option, let\u2019s understand what sodium carbonate is and why it is called a basic salt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>What is Sodium Carbonate?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sodium carbonate is a salt, and its chemical formula is Na\u2082CO\u2083. It is commonly known as washing soda. It is called a basic salt because it shows basic (alkaline) behaviour when dissolved in water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Why is it called a Basic Salt?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salts are usually made when an acid reacts with a base. Depending on whether the acid and base are strong or weak, the nature of the salt (acidic, basic, or neutral) changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, let\u2019s analyse each option:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Option (A): Strong Acid + Strong Base<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Example: HCl (strong acid) + NaOH (strong base) \u2192 NaCl (neutral salt)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In this case, the acid and base cancel each other out fully.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The resulting salt is <strong>neutral<\/strong> (neither acidic nor basic).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>So, sodium carbonate is NOT formed from a strong acid and a strong base. It is an incorrect answer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Option (B): Strong Acid + Weak Base<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Example: HCl (strong acid) + NH\u2084OH (weak base) \u2192 NH\u2084Cl (acidic salt)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The strong acid overpowers the weak base.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The resulting salt is acidic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sodium carbonate is not acidic, so this is incorrect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Option (C): Weak Acid + Strong Base<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Example: H\u2082CO\u2083 (carbonic acid \u2013 weak) + NaOH (strong base) \u2192 Na\u2082CO\u2083 (basic salt)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The weak acid doesn\u2019t fully neutralise the strong base.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>So, the salt still shows basic properties.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This is how sodium carbonate is made, and that\u2019s why it is a basic salt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Option (D): Weak Acid + Weak Base<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Example: CH\u2083COOH (weak acid) + NH\u2084OH (weak base) \u2192 CH\u2083COONH\u2084<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Salts from weak acid and weak base can be slightly acidic, basic, or neutral depending on their strengths.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>But such salts are usually not strongly basic like sodium carbonate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>So, this option is incorrect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Correct Answer: (C) Weak acid and strong base.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sodium carbonate is formed when carbonic acid (a weak acid) reacts with sodium hydroxide (a strong base). Because of this combination, the resulting salt is basic in nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Common Doubts of Chemistry:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-pale-ocean-gradient-background has-background has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/what-is-blue-vitriol\/\"><strong>What is Blue Vitriol?<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/what-is-the-chemical-name-of-bleaching-powder\/\"><strong>What is the Chemical Name of Bleaching Powder?<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/how-many-structural-isomers-are-possible-for-pentane\/\"><strong>How many Structural Isomers are Possible for Pentane?<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/what-is-the-full-form-of-bhc\/\"><strong>What is the Full Form of BHC?<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s look at each option and analyse the correct one along with the others. But before moving forward&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":3945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chemistry","8":"category-science"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sodium Carbonate is a Basic Salt because it is a Salt Derived from:<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Do you know from which salt Sodium Carbonate is derived? Read this Q\/A for Class 11 students and enhance your knowledge.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/sodium-carbonate-is-a-basic-salt-because-it-is-a-salt-derived-from-class-11-chemistry-cbse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sodium Carbonate is a Basic Salt because it is a Salt Derived from:\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Do you know from which salt Sodium Carbonate is derived? Read this Q\/A for Class 11 students and enhance your knowledge.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/sodium-carbonate-is-a-basic-salt-because-it-is-a-salt-derived-from-class-11-chemistry-cbse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Questions &amp; Answers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-06T11:15:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-06T11:15:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogassets.leverageedu.com\/media\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/06164457\/Sodium-Carbonate-is-a-Basic-Salt-because-it-is-a-Salt-Derived-from.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bhumika Sharma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bhumika Sharma\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sodium Carbonate is a Basic Salt because it is a Salt Derived from:","description":"Do you know from which salt Sodium Carbonate is derived? Read this Q\/A for Class 11 students and enhance your knowledge.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/sodium-carbonate-is-a-basic-salt-because-it-is-a-salt-derived-from-class-11-chemistry-cbse\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sodium Carbonate is a Basic Salt because it is a Salt Derived from:","og_description":"Do you know from which salt Sodium Carbonate is derived? Read this Q\/A for Class 11 students and enhance your knowledge.","og_url":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/sodium-carbonate-is-a-basic-salt-because-it-is-a-salt-derived-from-class-11-chemistry-cbse\/","og_site_name":"Questions &amp; Answers","article_published_time":"2025-06-06T11:15:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-06-06T11:15:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":640,"url":"https:\/\/blogassets.leverageedu.com\/media\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/06164457\/Sodium-Carbonate-is-a-Basic-Salt-because-it-is-a-Salt-Derived-from.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Bhumika Sharma","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bhumika Sharma","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/sodium-carbonate-is-a-basic-salt-because-it-is-a-salt-derived-from-class-11-chemistry-cbse\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/sodium-carbonate-is-a-basic-salt-because-it-is-a-salt-derived-from-class-11-chemistry-cbse\/"},"author":{"name":"Bhumika Sharma","@id":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/#\/schema\/person\/8630298fce0abe14873bfc837344efac"},"headline":"Sodium Carbonate is a Basic Salt because it is a Salt Derived from:","datePublished":"2025-06-06T11:15:31+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-06T11:15:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/sodium-carbonate-is-a-basic-salt-because-it-is-a-salt-derived-from-class-11-chemistry-cbse\/"},"wordCount":399,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/sodium-carbonate-is-a-basic-salt-because-it-is-a-salt-derived-from-class-11-chemistry-cbse\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogassets.leverageedu.com\/media\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/06164457\/Sodium-Carbonate-is-a-Basic-Salt-because-it-is-a-Salt-Derived-from.webp","articleSection":["Chemistry","Science"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/sodium-carbonate-is-a-basic-salt-because-it-is-a-salt-derived-from-class-11-chemistry-cbse\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/sodium-carbonate-is-a-basic-salt-because-it-is-a-salt-derived-from-class-11-chemistry-cbse\/","url":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/sodium-carbonate-is-a-basic-salt-because-it-is-a-salt-derived-from-class-11-chemistry-cbse\/","name":"Sodium Carbonate is a Basic Salt because it is a Salt Derived from:","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/sodium-carbonate-is-a-basic-salt-because-it-is-a-salt-derived-from-class-11-chemistry-cbse\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/sodium-carbonate-is-a-basic-salt-because-it-is-a-salt-derived-from-class-11-chemistry-cbse\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogassets.leverageedu.com\/media\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/06164457\/Sodium-Carbonate-is-a-Basic-Salt-because-it-is-a-Salt-Derived-from.webp","datePublished":"2025-06-06T11:15:31+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-06T11:15:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/#\/schema\/person\/8630298fce0abe14873bfc837344efac"},"description":"Do you know from which salt Sodium Carbonate is derived? Read this Q\/A for Class 11 students and enhance your knowledge.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/sodium-carbonate-is-a-basic-salt-because-it-is-a-salt-derived-from-class-11-chemistry-cbse\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/sodium-carbonate-is-a-basic-salt-because-it-is-a-salt-derived-from-class-11-chemistry-cbse\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/sodium-carbonate-is-a-basic-salt-because-it-is-a-salt-derived-from-class-11-chemistry-cbse\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogassets.leverageedu.com\/media\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/06164457\/Sodium-Carbonate-is-a-Basic-Salt-because-it-is-a-Salt-Derived-from.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogassets.leverageedu.com\/media\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/06164457\/Sodium-Carbonate-is-a-Basic-Salt-because-it-is-a-Salt-Derived-from.webp","width":1024,"height":640},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/sodium-carbonate-is-a-basic-salt-because-it-is-a-salt-derived-from-class-11-chemistry-cbse\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sodium Carbonate is a Basic Salt because it is a Salt Derived from:"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/#website","url":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/","name":"Questions &amp; Answers","description":"We Help Build Awesome Careers","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/#\/schema\/person\/8630298fce0abe14873bfc837344efac","name":"Bhumika Sharma","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/405f23fe559935d284272e360b37a63caff9fd5808ca41d73b55c62e0b2eca0f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/405f23fe559935d284272e360b37a63caff9fd5808ca41d73b55c62e0b2eca0f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/405f23fe559935d284272e360b37a63caff9fd5808ca41d73b55c62e0b2eca0f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Bhumika Sharma"},"description":"A writer with a fresh perspective on thoughts, I have an year of experience in writing the blogs on various topics. Here, you will find my blogs for the students and education purpose.","url":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/author\/bhumika\/"}]}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3941"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3946,"href":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3941\/revisions\/3946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leverageedu.com\/questions-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}