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Choose the incorrect statement.
Chemistrys Block ElementsBITSATBITSAT 2017
Options:
  • A Sodium borohydride reacts very slowly with cold water
  • B Sodium borohydride reacts violently with cold water to give H2(g)
  • C Solubility of sodium borohydride in water at 250C is 10.05 g/ml
  • D Melting point of sodium borohydride is 5000C
Solution:
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The correct answer is: Sodium borohydride reacts violently with cold water to give H2(g)

Option (b) is the incorrect statement as reaction of NaBH4 with cold water is very slow. It is not violent. All other are correct statements.

The reaction of sodium borohydride (NaBH4​) with cold water is very slow. 

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