heating it produces calcium oxide
and carbon dioxide.
bubbling carbon dioxide
through water makes it
turn cloudy!
some carbonates undergo thermal
decomposition more easily than others
depending on stability.
sometimes there's a colour change in the substance
copper
carbonate is
green
copper oxide is black
add water to calcium oxide to get calcium
hydroxide.
calcium hydroxide is used to neutralise acidic soil.
dissolves in water to create limewater.
this image shows 1) calcium carbonate thermally decomposing into
carbon dioxide and calcium oxide . 2) calcium oxide being added to
water to produce calcium hydroxide (limewater). 3) Calcium hydroxide reacts with
carbon dioxide to form calcium oxide and water.