What are the products of CaCl2+Na2CO3?

1 Answer
Apr 22, 2016

A solid precipitate of calcium carbonate would result from aqueous carbonate and calcium ions.

Explanation:

CaCl2(aq)+Na2CO3CaCO3(s)+2NaCl(aq)

Sodium carbonate is soluble, however, calcium carbonate, the metathesis product, is reasonably insoluble in aqueous solution; wiki reports 0.013gL1 at 25 C.