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1
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Limestone is mainly…

A

CALCIUM CARBONATE

2
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What is thermal decomposition?

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When one substance is HEATED and therefore CHEMICALLY CHANGES into at LEAST 2 new substances.

3
Q

Limestone reacts with… (3)

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  • Heat
  • Acid
  • Water
4
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When limestone is thermally decomposed, it produces…

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  • Calcium oxide

* Carbon dioxide

5
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Calcium oxide and water produce _________ which is useful to test whether ________ is present. This is the ______test.

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  • Calcium Hydroxide
  • Carbon dioxide
  • Limewater
6
Q

Limestone can be used as building material such as… (2)

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  • Mortar
  • Cement
  • Concrete
7
Q

Extracting limestone is called…

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Quarrying

8
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What are some ( at least 2 ) disadvantages of quarrying limestone?

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  • Huge ugly holes which permanently change the landscape
  • Noise and dust pollution
  • Destroys habitats
  • The limestone needs to be transported away from the quarry which causes more noise and pollution
  • Lots of energy, lots of money
9
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What are some ( at least 2 ) advantages of quarrying limestone?

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  • It’s useful - it provides things that people want e.g paints, houses, roads,medicines
  • Neutralises acidic soil
  • Provides jobs for people and brings more money to the local economy
  • Neutralises sulfur dioxide
  • Landscaping and restoration of the area is normally required as part of planning permission
10
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What is the symbol for calcium carbonate?

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CaCO3 - little 3

11
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What’s the SYMBOL equation for Calcium carbonate when it’s thermally decomposing

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CaCO3 ➡️ CaO + CO2

12
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What’s the WORDY equation for Calcium carbonate when it’s thermally decomposing

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Calcium carbonate ➡️ calcium oxide + carbon dioxide

13
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What is the test that you do for detecting CO2

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Limewater test

14
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Describe the lime water test

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  • calcium hydroxide solution is put into a test tube
  • A straw is exhaled into to create carbon dioxide to flow through the solution
  • This produces a cloudy white precipitate of calcium carbonate
15
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What’s slaked lime?

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Another word for calcium hydroxide

16
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Calcium carbonate also reacts with acids such as sulfuric acid… say the wordy formula for this reaction

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Calcium carbonate + sulfuric acid ➡️ calcium sulfate + carbon dioxide + water

17
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Calcium carbonate breaks down when…

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Heated strongly (thermal decomposition)

18
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What are the 3 other metal carbonates that decompose in the same way as calcium carbonate?

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  • Sodium carbonate
  • Magnesium carbonate
  • Copper carbonate
19
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What is it called when limestone and sulfuric acid come into contact?

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Acid rain

20
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The calcium oxide (produced by thermal decomposition) + water produces…

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Calcium hydroxide

21
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What’s the symbol formula for producing calcium hydroxide

  • Doesn’t matter too much if you can’t get this
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CaO + H20 ➡️ Ca(OH)2

22
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What are the two uses of calcium hydroxide?

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  • It can be used to NEUTRALISE acidic soil

* It can be used to test for CO2

23
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Calcium hydroxide is an ______ which can be used to _________ acidic soil in fields

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Alkali

Neutralise

24
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Why are some metals difficult to decompose in a classroom environment?

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Because they are too high up in the reactivity series and so they’d need more heat energy than a Bunsen burner

25
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What’s quicklime?

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The product created after the thermal decomposition on CaCO3