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Q: Why does zinc carbonate decompose more readily than calcium carbonate?
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What is thermol decomposition?

Metal carbonates decompose when heated, to form an oxide. For example: Calcium + Oxygen = Calcium carbonate oxide Some carbonates decompose more easily than others, in other words, it happens at a lower tempreture.


What is the correct name for the compound Ca(HCO3)2?

Calcium oxide


Which is more soluble in water sodium carbonate naphthalene or calcium carbonate?

Sodium carbonate is more soluble.


What does the powdering of calcium carbonate increase the speed of its reaction with an acid?

Powdered calcium carbonate has much more surface area, therefore allowing the acid to access the calcium carbonate much more quickly.


Aluminum carbonate when heated decomposes?

Copper(II) carbonate (green copper caebonate): desintegrates into solid black copper(II) oxide and gaseous carbon dioxide. CuCO3 --[heat]--> CuOsolid + CO2,gas


Why use calcium lactate and not calcium carbonate or other OTC calcium supplements?

Calcium lactate is more soluble in water than calcium carbonate, and is therefore more easily absorbed by the digestive system.


What is more reactive calcium or carbon?

calcium because there is calcium carbonate but not carbon calciumate


What is an igneous rock composed of calcium carbonate?

Carbonatite is an igneous rock composed of more than 50% Calcium Carbonate.


What affects how quickly acids react with calcium carbonate?

It's the concentration of the acid.Limestone and marble are forms of calcium carbonate.Acid rain reacts with calcium carbonate. The stronger the acid the more quickly it effects calcium carbonate and dissolves.


Is calcium citrate a better calcium supplement than calcium carbonate?

Calciun Carbonate and Calcium Citrate are different in that, Carbonate is not as easy to absorb as Citrate. Carbonate in not recommended for elderly folks due to a decrease in stomach acids. Citrate in more easily absorbed and can be taken at anytime, with or without food.


How does the limestone cycle work?

Starts off as Calcium Carbonate , when heated the calcium carbonate becomes Calcium Oxide + Carbon Dioxide, the Calcium Oxide then reacts with water to produce Calcium Hydroxide and then when more water is added then filtered it becomes Calcium Hydroxide Solution, C02 is then added to form Calcium Carbonate again [:


Why do some carbonate minerals react more readily with hydrochloric acid than others?

because there some toxic materials in carbonate minerals thats why it readts more readily to hydrochloric acid than others...