Explain Activity 1.

10 Class 10 NCERT Science

Caution: This activity needs the teacher’s assistance.
Activity- Take about 3 ml of sodium sulphate solution in a test tube.
 In another test tube. take about 3 ml of barium chloride solution.
 Mix the two solutions
 What do you observe?
Explain Activity 1.10 Class 10 NCERT Science
Observation- in this reaction. it is observed that an insoluble white solid substance is formed.
Explanation
When sodium sulphate and barium chloride react, a double displacement reaction takes place.
After the exchange of ions between compounds, a white solid substance of barium sulphate is formed and
sodium chloride remains in the solution.
Conclusion- The insoluble white substance formed is known as a precipitate.
Na2SO4(aq) + BaCI2(aq) → BaSO4(s) + 2NaCI(aq)
This is also known as Precipitation Reaction.
Questions based on the activity 1.10
1. What is a precipitate?
Ans – Precipitate is an insoluble solid substance.
2. What is a precipitation reaction?
Ans – The reaction in which an insoluble solid substance is formed is called a precipitation reaction.
3. What is the chemical name of the precipitate formed during the reaction?
Ans- Barium sulphate
4. Write the chemical formula of the precipitate formed during the reaction?
And – BaSO4
5. Write the chemical reaction that takes place in activity 1.10?
Ans - Na2SO4(aq) + BaCI2(aq) → BaSO4(s) + 2NaCI(aq)
MCQ
1. Name the reaction involved when sodium sulphate is added to barium chloride?
(A) Decomposition reaction (B) Double displacement reaction
(C) Combination reaction (D) Single displacement reaction
2.What are the products of the reaction between sodium sulphate and barium chloride?
(A) Sodium chloride and barium sulphate (B) Barium sulphate
(C) Sodium sulphide and barium chloride (D) Barium chloride only
3.What is the colour of the precipitate formed during this reaction?
(A) White (B) Blue (C) Green (D) Yellow
4.What is the precipitate formed when sodium sulphate is added to barium chloride?
(A) Barium sulphate (B) Sodium chloride (C) Both A and B (D) None of the above
5. Which type of reaction takes place in the activity 1.10?
(A) Precipitation reaction (B) Neutralisation reaction (C) Oxidation reaction (D) Acid – base
reaction