Why lime water turns milky due to formation of white precipitate of calcium carbonate , when carbon dioxide gas is passed through lime water ?

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Solution

OH has to be written in bracket because two molecules of OH are attached to one molecule of Ca. So, it is written as Ca(OH)2. Here 2 denotes those two molecules.

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