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Magnesium carbonate is a metal carbonate that does not decompose easily at room temperature or below.
sodium carbonate
Sodium Carbonate
Copper(II) carbonate (green copper caebonate): desintegrates into solid black copper(II) oxide and gaseous carbon dioxide. CuCO3 --[heat]--> CuOsolid + CO2,gas
Tungsten is a metal that does not decompose when heated with a Bunsen burner due to its high melting point of 3422°C. This property makes tungsten ideal for use in the filament of incandescent light bulbs.
Sodium carbonate
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.
Lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) is thermally unstable compared to other alkali metal carbonates like sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) and potassium carbonate (K2CO3). This is because of its smaller ionic size and higher charge density, which leads to stronger lithium-oxygen bonds that are more easily broken by heat, causing the compound to decompose at lower temperatures.
Calcium carbonate is a very stable molecule. However, if heated (thermal) to 'red heat' it breaksdown(decomposes), with the liberated of carbon dioxide. The chemicak process is named 'THERMAL DECOMPOSITION'. Here is the word equation Calcium carbonate ==heat==> Calcium oxide (Lime) & Carbon dioxide. Here is the BALANCED reaction equation. CaCO3(s) ==heat==> CaO(s) + CO2(g) Visually in the lab. a piece of calcium carbonate is a white solid, On thermal decompistion it remains a solid of the same size, shape and colour(white). The only way you can tell it has decomposed is to weigh it on a balance scales. The calcium oxide(CaO) will have less mass than the calcium carbonate.(CaCO3). The difference is accounted for by the mass of carbon dioxide released. NB The word 'thermal' comes from Classical Greece, and refers to heat, as in 'thermometer'. NNB You will find the roots of a lot of 'horrible' scientific words, in Classical Greek and Latin.
no
Sodium Carbonate
No, it is not. Calcium is a metal but calcium carbonate is not.