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Both the components in the mixture are insoluble in water. However, calcium carbonate reacts with hydrochloric acid to form calcium chloride (which is soluble in water) whereas the sand remains unchanged. Sand can now be separated by filtration. Calcium carbonate is recovered back by treating the filtrate (calcium chloride) with sodium carbonate. After filtration is again carried out, what you have on the filter paper is calcium carbonate.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoProbably the simplest way is to wash the mixture with water with water until no more of the mixture dissolves, then evaporate the wash liquid to obtain the calcium carbonate. The sand remains undissolved.
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∙ 6y agoEvaporate the water from the solution.
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∙ 8y agoYou can use filtration.
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∙ 6y agoFiltering is a good method.
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How do you separate copper sulphate from calcium carbonate?
well here's a hint - copper sulphate is soluble in water, but calcium carbonate isn't.
This echinoderm has an endoskeleton made of a single crystal of calcium carbonate?
sand dollar
How do you separate sodium chloride from calcium carbonate?
Dissolve the sodium chloride(which is actually salt) in water. Then, filter the calcium carbonate with the help of filter paper. Crystallize the solution of sodium chloride with water... Hope this helps! :)
What chemical limestone form?
Calcium carbonate or calcium magnesium carbonate.
What is the compound name for Ca2C?
Calcium Carbonate - also called limestone, calcite, chalk, and marble.
What is another name for limestone sand?
Calcium carbonate.
What useful material is made by heating sand with sodium carbonate and calcium carbonate?
Glass
How would you separate water sodium carbonate and calcium carbonate?
By distillation or evaporation of water
How do you separate copper sulphate from calcium carbonate?
well here's a hint - copper sulphate is soluble in water, but calcium carbonate isn't.
What makes up the skin of sand dollars?
Calcium Carbonate Plates
This echinoderm has an endoskeleton made of a single crystal of calcium carbonate?
sand dollar
What is the typical soil type for a coral reef biome?
Calcium carbonate based sand.
Why do you use hydrochloric acid to separate calcium carbonate from sand but not sulphuric acid?
With sulfuric acid it forms the rather insolubleCa-sulfate (gypsum), with HCl the formed Ca-chloride is very soluble, which can easily be washed/filtered out of sand.
Is the carbonate or the calcium the buffer in calcium carbonate?
The carbonate. Calcium is neutral.
What is the IUPAC name for the compound CaCO3?
Calcium Carbonate :)
Is sand a physical or chemical property?
Sand is a natural product (frequently silicon dioxide or calcium carbonate) not a material property.
What kind of atoms is sand made up of?
Depends on the rocks which formed sand: silicon dioxide, calcium carbonate, volcanic minerals.
