Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other labelled as reason 
Assertion A: During the boiling of water having temporary hardness, 
is converted to 
.
Reason 
: The solubility product of 
is greater than that of 
.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
and 
are true but 
is not the correct explanation of 
is true but 
is false
and 
are true and 
is the correct explanation of 
Text Solution
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For temporary hardness,
Assertion is false.
has high solubility product than 
.
According to data of NCERT table 7.9
(Equilibrium chapter), the solubility product of magnesium carbonate is 
and solubility product of 
is 
. Hence Reason is incorrect.
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