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Explain what happens when boric acid is heated.

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Boric acid on heating loses water in three different stages at different temperature to give boron trioxide or boric anhydride finally.
`underset("Boric acid")B(OH)_(3)overset("370 K")tounderset("Metaboric acid")(HBO_(2))+H_(2)O`
`4HBO_(2)overset("410 K")tounderset("Tetraboric acid")(H_(2)B_(4)O_(7))+H_(2)O`
`H_(2)B_(4)O_(7)overset("Red heat")tounderset("Boron trioxide")(2B_(2)O_(3))+H_(2)O`
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