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Question
Calcium carbonate is decomposed on heating in the following reaction
CaCO3 → CaO + CO2
Calculate the gram molecular mass of calcium carbonate involved in this reaction.
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Solution
Gram molecular mass of CaCO3
= 40 + 12 + 3(16)
= 100 g
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