C1.2 Flashcards
How do you make cement?
Limestone heated with clay
How do you make mortar?
Cement mixed with sand
How do you make concrete?
Mortar mixed with aggregate
What are the advantages of quarrying?
Produces valuable material
Creates employment in the area
What are disadvantages of quarrying?
Noise, dust, pollution
Spoils landscape
Calcium carbonate ->
Calcium oxide + carbon dioxide
MgCO3 ->
MgO + CO2
What are the names of carbonates that decompose?
Calcium carbonate Copper carbonate Zinc carbonate Magnesium carbonate Sodium carbonate
Why are reactive metals (carbonates at the top of group 1) difficult to decompose?
They are more stable so require more heat to decompose them
Calcium oxide + water ->
CaO + H2O ->
Calcium hydroxide
Ca(OH)2
In the limestone cycle what does calcium carbonate lead onto?
Calcium oxide + carbon dioxide
In the limestone cycle what does calcium oxide + carbon dioxide lead onto?
Solid calcium hydroxide
In the limestone cycle what does solid calcium hydroxide lead onto?
Calcium hydroxide solution (limewater)
What is limewater also known as?
Calcium hydroxide solution
In the limestone cycle what does calcium hydroxide solution lead onto?
Calcium carbonate