Without using any laboratory chemical, describe a simple laboratory experiment to distinguish between calcium hydrogen carbonate and sodium hydrogen carbonate.

      

Without using any laboratory chemical, describe a simple laboratory experiment to distinguish between calcium hydrogen carbonate and sodium hydrogen carbonate.

  

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Maurice
EITHER
- In separate test tubes, boil about 5cm3 of each solution.
- Sodium hydrogencarbonate solution remains colourless forms no precipitate
- Calcium hydrogencarbonate solution changes from colourless to white precipitate
OR decompose the chemicals separated through heating as shown below:
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maurice.mutuku answered the question on October 11, 2019 at 08:46


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