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Carbon dioxide turns limewater cloudy

CO2 + Ca(OH)2 -> CaCO3 + H2O. Clear limewater becomes milky as a white precipitate forms.

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CaCO31 mol
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Product and observation diagram for Carbon dioxide turns limewater cloudy
Clear limewater becomes milky as a white precipitate forms.
CaCO31 mol

Theoretical amount for 1 mol of CO2

Milky white #E2E8F0
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Reactant diagram for Carbon dioxide turns limewater cloudy
CO2 enters under carbon dioxide through limewater
CO21 mol

carbon dioxide through limewater

Relationship

What connects the input and output?

Carbon dioxide reacts with hydroxide and calcium ions to make suspended calcium carbonate. Use the calculator to scale the balanced molar relationship to any amount of CO2.

Sources

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  1. OpenStax Chemistry 2e: Writing and Balancing Chemical EquationsOpenStaxCC BY 4.0
  2. OpenStax Chemistry 2e: Classifying Chemical ReactionsOpenStaxCC BY 4.0
  3. NIST Chemistry WebBook, SRD 69National Institute of Standards and Technology

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