Question

Write the chemical equation for heating calcium bicarbonate.

Answer 1

Heating of calcium bicarbonate:

• The heating of calcium bicarbonate leads to the formation of a precipitate of calcium carbonate along with water and carbon dioxide gas.
• The balanced chemical equation for heating calcium bicarbonate is:

$\underset{\underset{}{(\mathrm{Calcium}\mathrm{Bicarbonate})}}{\mathrm{Ca}{\left({\mathrm{HCO}}_3\right)}_2}\stackrel{Heat}{\to }\underset{\underset{}{(\mathrm{Calcium}\mathrm{Carbonate})}}{{\mathrm{CaCO}}_3\downarrow }+\underset{\left(\mathrm{water}\right)}{{\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}}+\underset{(\mathrm{Carbon}\mathrm{Dioxide})}{{\mathrm{CO}}_2\uparrow }$