Calcium
carbonate (CaCO3) does
not react with or dissolve in water. Watch the video to find
out if it reacts with a solution of nitric acid (HNO3),
then answer the questions:
Think for Yourself...
What tells you
there is a chemical reaction?
Think of the substances
that you know to be in the gas state at room temperature.
Which four could be made using the atoms that are in
the formulae of nitric acid and calcium carbonate?
Which one of these
four substances is very soluble in water and would dissolve
rather than bubble out?
When tested, the
gas turns limewater milky. Which substance is it??
Must there be other
new substances in solution? Look at the formulae and
account for the atoms
How would you know when you
had added enough calcium carbonate to react with all
of the nitric acid?
How could you separate
out the left over calcium carbonate?
How could you separate
out any new substance that was dissolved?
