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How can you test a rock to see if it contains calcium carbonate?
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∙ 14y ago
The traditional test is to put a few drops of 5% hydrochloric acid on it; carbonate minerals produce bubbles of carbon dioxide. This doesn't specifically test for calcium carbonate. It could be magnesium carbonate or some other carbonate mineral instead. Making sure it's calcium requires more elaborate equipment such as a flame emission spectrometer.
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What are some characteristics test of carbon dioxide?
- infrared spectrometry - the test with calcium hydroxide (calcium carbonate, white and insoluble in water, is formed)
How can you test what happens when calcium carbonate reacts with nitric acid?
Calcium Carbonate + Nitric acid ----> Calcium Nitrate + Water + Carbon dioxideCaCO3 + 2 HNO3 ----> Ca(NO3)2 + H2O + CO2
What type of test can be used to identify calcium carbonate?
add hcl bubbles of co2 produced and flame test
How do you test for carbon dioxide when calcium carbonate reacts with acid?
Bubble it through limewater, the limewater will go cloudy.
What does the acid test tell you about a mineral?
The acid test tells you whether it is a carbonate or not.
How do you test how much calcium carbonate limestone contains?
Determining the calcium concentration in the limestone.
A mineral that contains calcium carbonate will provide a positive response to a test for?
acid reaction
A mineral that contains calcium carbonate will provide a positive response to a test for .?
acid reaction
Why would marble tend to react positively on the acid test?
Marble - of any type - is a rock made largely of calcium carbonate, on an elemental level. Calcium carbonate reacts with acid. It's that simple.
How do you test purity of calcium carbonate?
This is possible by chemical analysis.
What are some characteristics test of carbon dioxide?
- infrared spectrometry - the test with calcium hydroxide (calcium carbonate, white and insoluble in water, is formed)
How can you test what happens when calcium carbonate reacts with nitric acid?
Calcium Carbonate + Nitric acid ----> Calcium Nitrate + Water + Carbon dioxideCaCO3 + 2 HNO3 ----> Ca(NO3)2 + H2O + CO2
What type of test can be used to identify calcium carbonate?
add hcl bubbles of co2 produced and flame test
What happens to the falme when th burning splint is put into the mouth of the test tube with the test tube of solid calcium carbonate in it and then heated?
The burning splint is extinguished by the carbon dioxide given off from the calcium carbonate. CaCO3 --heat--> CaO + CO2 ==================================================
Explain why calcium hydroxide can be used in this way?
Calcium hydroxide is used to test for carbon dioxide because the product of the reaction, calcium carbonate, is insoluble, and easily visible.
How do you test presence of carbon dioxide?
Bubble the gas through limewater (calcium hydroxide), and then a white precipitate is formed, which is actually calcium carbonate.
Is the ionic bond stronger in NaCl or calcium carbonate?
Calcium Carbonate. Simple test, NaCl Dissociates in water, CaCO3 does not
