What products are obtained when potassium carbonate is treated with nitric acid?

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What products are obtained when potassium carbonate is treated with nitric acid?

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Answer 1 · 2016-03-20T08:30:28

Aqueous potassium nitrate and gaseous carbon dioxide and water.

Explanation:

We can represent the reaction by an equation:

$K_{2} C O_{3} (a q) + 2 H N O_{3} (a q) \to 2 K N O_{3} (a q) + C O_{2} (g) ↑ ⏐ + H_{2} O (l)$ $K_2CO_3(aq) + 2HNO_3(aq) rarr 2KNO_3(aq) + CO_2(g)uarr + H_2O(l)$

Because the potassium and nitrate salts remain in solution and are along for the ride, we can write the net ionic equation;

$C O_{3}^{2 -} + 2 H^{+} \to C O_{2} (g) ↑ ⏐ ⏐ + H_{2} O (l)$ $CO_3^(2-) + 2H^(+) rarr CO_2(g)uarr + H_2O(l)$

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