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    Carbonates are salts of carbonic acid. Calcium carbonate is a very useful carbonate that is found in limestone rocks near rivers in the Peak District. Limestone is one form of calcium carbonate, while marble and chalk are other forms. Chalk is made of marine algae shells, and marble is limestone formed under high pressure. Calcium carbonate has many uses including cement production, manufacturing lime through thermal decomposition, and neutralizing soil acidity in farms or sulphur dioxide in power stations.

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    Carbonates are salts of carbonic acid. Calcium carbonate is a very useful carbonate that is found in limestone rocks near rivers in the Peak District. Limestone is one form of calcium carbonate, while marble and chalk are other forms. Chalk is made of marine algae shells, and marble is limestone formed under high pressure. Calcium carbonate has many uses including cement production, manufacturing lime through thermal decomposition, and neutralizing soil acidity in farms or sulphur dioxide in power stations.

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    Carbonates are salts of carbonic acid. Calcium carbonate is a very useful carbonate that is found in limestone rocks near rivers in the Peak District. Limestone is one form of calcium carbonate, while marble and chalk are other forms. Chalk is made of marine algae shells, and marble is limestone formed under high pressure. Calcium carbonate has many uses including cement production, manufacturing lime through thermal decomposition, and neutralizing soil acidity in farms or sulphur dioxide in power stations.

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    Chapter 13: Carbonates:

    Carbonates are salts of carbonic acids (H2CO3). Carbonates are very


    useful salts, specially calcium carbonate (CaCO3).

    Sources of Calcium Carbonate:


    Calcium carbonate can be found in large amounts in the Peak District. It
    is found as a type of rocks called limestone near rivers.

    Forms of Calcium Carbonate:


    Limestone is not the only form of calcium carbonate. Marble and chalk
    are also other forms of this valuable salt. Chalk is made of shells of
    marine algae. Marble on the other hand, is a metaphoric rock made of
    limestone at high pressure.

    Limestone Rock Marble

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    Uses of Calcium Carbonate:
    Calcium carbonate has numerous uses. You have previously studied one
    of them which is helping in the extraction of iron from its ore. Another
    one of these is the manufacture of cement. In this process, limestone or
    chalk is mixed with clay and heated in a rotary kiln. The substance in the
    mixture react producing cement which is a mixture of calcium aluminate
    (Ca(AlO2)2) and calcium silicate (CaSiO3). This is then made into powder.
    When it is used, it is sprayed with water make its particles hold tight.

    Manufacture of Lime:
    One of the industrial uses of calcium carbonate is the manufacturing of
    lime from it. Lime is calcium oxide salt. This process takes place in a
    device called lime kiln and it is based on the thermal decomposition of
    calcium carbonate. Limestone is inserted in the kiln and heating starts.
    At the bottom of the kiln air is being blown in. this is also where lime is
    collected. The other product of this reaction, carbon dioxide gas, evolves
    and escapes at the top of the kiln.
    CaCO3 ⇋ Cao + CO2
    Limestone ⇋ lime + Carbon dioxide

    Uses of Lime:
    Lime can be used to neutralise soil acidity in farms. This is because it is a
    basic oxide. Slaked lime (Calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2)) is also a basic
    oxide can be used as an alternative to lime for neutralising soil acidity.
    Another use of lime is neutralising sulphur dioxide waste in power
    stations. This is because sulphur dioxide is an acidic oxide while lime is a
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    basic one. This process is called desulphurisation which you have studied
    earlier.

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