Study the following part of the solvay process for the manufacture of sodium carbonate and answer the questions that follow:

      

Study the following part of the solvay process for the manufacture of sodium carbonate and answer the questions that follow:


(i) State the main source of Carbon (IV) oxide in the process.
(ii) Write down the overall equation for the reaction in chamber I.
(iii) Name process in step 1.

  

Answers

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(i) - (Heating) coke/calcium carbonate.

(ii) (ii) NaCl_(aq) + NH_3(g) + H₂O_(l) + CO_2(g)---->NaHCO_3(s) + NH₄Cl_(aq)

(iii) -Cooling
- The reaction is exothermic

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