Heating carboxylic acid with soda lime results in:

dehydration

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dehydrogenation

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decarboxylation

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addition of

O_{2}

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Solution

The correct option is C decarboxylation
In Decarboxylation,the solid sodium salt of a carboxylic acid is mixed with solid soda lime, and the mixture is heated. For example, if you heat sodium ethanoate with soda lime, you get methane gas formed:

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