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Reaction between Metal Carbonates and Metal Hydrogencarbonates with Hydrochloric acid

Reaction between Metal Carbonates and Metal Hydrogencarbonates with Hydrochloric acid

Experiment description

This experiment demonstrates the reaction of carbon dioxide with lime water, showing that it turns milky due to the formation of calcium carbonate, and clears on passing excess carbon dioxide as soluble calcium bicarbonate is formed.