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A milkman adds very small amount of baking soda fresh milk. What happen to its pH ?

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The pH of fresh mikl is nearly 6 Baking soda is sodium hydrogen carbonate `(NaHCO_(3).)` On adding it to fresh milk, the medium becomes alkaline and its pH therefore, increases.
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