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To consider whether a particular salt will behave as an acid or an alkali, or neither, you need to consider if the ions it is made of have any tendency to be a proton acceptor or a proton donor. (Bronsted-Lowry definition of acids and bases) The calcium ion does not really. But the carbonate ion can react with water when dissolved, by accepting a proton from the water, and leaving an excess of hydroxide ion in the water, thus it will be (slightly) alkaline. However, calcium carbonate is not very soluble, so this effect will not be very great.

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