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Calcite, which is the compound calcium carbonate (CaCO3) forms carbonic acid (H2CO3) which decomposes into water and carbon dioxide gas.
Here is the two step reaction with hydrochloric acid:
2HCl + CaCO3 --> CaCl2 + H2CO3
H2CO3 --> CO2 + H2O
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 15y agoAlmost any acid, from battery acid to vinegar or lemon juice or any soda.
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∙ 13y agoThe substance HCl or some other acid acid fizzes when placed on a calcite material
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∙ 6y agoYes, it is a chemical reaction which release carbon dioxide.
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∙ 12y agoAn acid.
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How can you check if a rock is calcite?
Calcite reacts to acid. The best thing to do to determine if a mineral is calcite is to place a drop of dilute hydrochloric acid on a sample. If the mineral fizzes and carbon dioxide bubbles are produced, the mineral is calcite. Place a drop of dilute hydrochloric acid on the mineral. If it fizzes and carbon dioxide bubbles are produced, the mineral is calcite.
How is a mineral acid test used to identify minerals?
Dilute acid or vinegar is placed on the specimen to see if it effervesces or reacts. If it instantly reacts it is probably a carbonate mineral like calcite. Other minerals may slowly dissove in the acid. Some minerals have no reaction to the acid.
What does carbonic acid do to certain kinds of rock?
it makes some (mainly calcite contained) rocks fizz up. hope that helps!
What is used to detect calcium carbonate in minerals?
Acids. The resulting fizz of CO2 bubbles indicates a reaction with a carbonate mineral.
What is the difference between calcite and limestone?
I think you have it confused, dolomite and limestones are not the same thing:Limestone is composed of calcite or calcium carbonate, CaCO3, and dolostone is composed of dolomite or calcium magnesium carbonate, Ca,Mg(CO3).Okla gave the chemical formula for ankerite, which is in the dolomite group.In the field dolostone and limestone are difficult to tell apart (but there crystals are fairly diagnostic)...one way is to drop some HCl on them. Limestone will fizz (effervesce) and dolostone will not...UNLESS it is powdered...then it will fizz.Source(s):Manual of Mineralogy (after J.D. Dana), 19th ed., 1977, Hurlbut and Klein.Now it can happen and find them both combined in what it's called Dolomitic limestone, which is more or less 50/50 mixture of calcite and dolomite minerals.as for carboniferous limestone, limestone is a very abundant formation, it's not exclusive to one era or one location and it can be very variant from one place to another, you have to be more specific about where this carboniferous limestone is located!
What will fizz when placed on a calcite mineral?
Acid will fizz when placed on a calcite mineral
Is optical calcite a rock or a mineral?
Calcite is a mineral. It reacts to hydrochloric acid and it will fizz.
What simple chemical test will distinguish chalk from white claystone?
Items made from Calcium Carbonate will fizz when a solution of dilute hydrochloric acid is placed on them. Ceramic items will not fizz when a solution of dilute hydrochloric acid is placed on them.
How can you tell if one of the minerals in a rock is calcite?
Hydrochloric Acid- Calcite will fizz.
How can you test if limestone and marble are the same mineral?
Put a few drops of dilute hydrochloric acid on both samples. Both will fizz indicating the presence of calcite.
How can you check if a rock is calcite?
Calcite reacts to acid. The best thing to do to determine if a mineral is calcite is to place a drop of dilute hydrochloric acid on a sample. If the mineral fizzes and carbon dioxide bubbles are produced, the mineral is calcite. Place a drop of dilute hydrochloric acid on the mineral. If it fizzes and carbon dioxide bubbles are produced, the mineral is calcite.
What happens to calcite when exposed to acid rain?
The calcite will fizz up :) hey watz up peps of USA
Which carbonate mineral reacts readily with cool dilute hydrochloric acid to produce visible bubbles of carbon dioxide gas?
Limestone, chalk and marble. They are all mineral forms of calcium carbonate.
Which test is used to assess a mineral based on its reaction with a substance that may or may not produce carbon dioxide bubbles?
fizz test !
How is a mineral acid test used to identify minerals?
Dilute acid or vinegar is placed on the specimen to see if it effervesces or reacts. If it instantly reacts it is probably a carbonate mineral like calcite. Other minerals may slowly dissove in the acid. Some minerals have no reaction to the acid.
Which of the following tests is used to assess a mineral based on its reaction with a substance that may or may not produce carbon dioxide bubbles?
fizz test
What could cause a mineral to fizz when exposed to acid?
Commonly, released gas bubbles trapped in the mineral, typically seen when acid comes into contact with any calcium-bearing substance, such as limestone.
