When acids react with carbonates, carbon dioxide is produced. You can test this by waiting for the chemical reaction to take place and then using a bung to insert the gas into lime water!
For the most part, acids don't react with carbon.
Iron carbonate is neither an acid nor a base. It is a compound composed of iron, carbon, and oxygen. It is a type of salt that can react with acids to form other compounds.
Typically whenever carbonate compounds react with acids carbon dioxide gas (CO2) and water (H2O) is formed. For example: 2HNO3 + CaCO3 -----> H2O + CO2 + Ca(NO3)2 nitric acid + calcium carbonate -----> water + carbon dioxide + calcium nitrate
the acid eats away at carbonates
Yes, that's correct. When an acid reacts with a carbonate compound, carbon dioxide gas is produced along with water and a salt. This reaction is a type of double displacement reaction.
Each acid stronger than carbonic acid (pKa = 6.4) will react in solution of carbonate (CO32-) though from solid carbonates it might be difficult to dissolve.
Vinegar is a solution of a carboxylic acid (acetic acid) which means that most metal compounds (particulaly alkaline metal compounds found in group 1 in the periodic table) will react with it to produce salts, carbon dioxide and water. Sodium Carbonate is a common example of a alkaline metal compound that reacts readily with vinegar.
Acid Carbon reacting
When an acid reacts with a carbonate compound, carbon dioxide gas is produced as one of the products along with water and a salt. The acid provides hydrogen ions which react with the carbonate ion (CO3^2-) to form carbonic acid, which quickly decomposes to form carbon dioxide gas.
Each acid stronger than carbonic acid (pKa = 6.4) will react in solution of carbonate (CO32-) though from solid carbonates it might be difficult to dissolve.
Carbonate and acid react and produce, carbon dioxide and water as products.
Barium carbonate will react with nitric acid, producing barium nitrate, carbon dioxide, and water.