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Question
Write your observation and a balanced equation in the case of the following substances being heated.
Copper carbonate.
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Solution
Investigating what happens when a compound copper carbonate is heated. When green copper carbonate{CuCO3} is heated it decomposes forming copper oxide {CuO} and carbon dioxide {CO2}.
\[\ce{\underset{\text{Green}}{CuCO3(s)} ->[Heat] \underset{\text{Black}}{CuO(s) + CO2(g)}}\]
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