Chemistry GCSE
Acid reactions with carbonates
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Carboxylic acids fizz with carbonates, producing a salt, water and carbon dioxide, for example sodium ethanoate from ethanoic acid and sodium carbonate.
Topics that use Acid reactions with carbonates
- Carboxylic acids (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- –COOH unit
- Carboxylic acid
- Functional group
- Homologous series
- Trends in physical properties
- Weak acids, ionisation and pH
- -anoic acid
- –COOH
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