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Egg shells are made of calcium carbonate. When nitric acid is added, calcium carbonate reacts with nitric acid to form calcium nitrate, carbondioxide and water.

CaCO3 (s) + 2HNO3 (aq) -----> Ca(NO3)2 (aq) + CO2 (g) + H2O (l)

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