Question

What are the products formed when an acid reacts with a metal carbonate?

Answer 1

• Carbon dioxide gas
• Metal salt
• Water

Step-by-step explanation:

`{ \rm{MCO_(3(s)) + HX _((aq)) \: \rightarrow \: MX_((s)) + CO _(2(g)) + H _(2)O _((l)) }}`

- MCO_3; Can be any metal carbonate such as Magnesium carbonate, Aluminum carbonate.....

- HX; can be any acid such as sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid, nitric acid.....

- MX; is a metal acidic salt such as magnesium sulphate from magnesium carbonate and sulphuric acid, Aluminum chloride from Aluminum carbonate and hydrochloric acid.