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.
Acid Carbon reacting
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.
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.
Carbonate and acid react and produce, carbon dioxide and water as products.
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.
Barium carbonate will react with nitric acid, producing barium nitrate, carbon dioxide, and water.