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Limestone Flashcards

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What happens when limestone is heated

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Thermally decomposes to make carbon dioixde and calcium oxide

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What happens when calcium carbonate reacts with acid

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It’s makes a calcium salt, carbon dioxide and water

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When calcium oxide reacts with water what is produced

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Calcium hydroxide

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What can calcium hydroxide be used for

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It is an alkali which can be used to neutralise acidic soil in fields

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What can calcium hydroxide be used for

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To test for CO2

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How do you know if there’s carbon dioxide

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Limewater is used as a test, The solution turns cloudy

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What can limestone be used to make

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Heated with clay- Cement
Cement mixed with sand to make mortar
Then makes concrete

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What happens to limestone

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It is quarried and can be used as a building material

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What can limestone be damaged by

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Acid rain

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What is limestone

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Calcium carbonate

Caco3

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