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heat it :) with a Bunsen burner

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Q: How do you decompose a metal carbonate?
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Name a metal carbonate that does not decompose?

group 1 metal carbonates do not decompose


Name a metal carbonate that does not decompose when heated with a Bunsen burner flame?

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What is the name when calcium carbonate decompose?

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Why does sodium carbonate not decompose when heated using?

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