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When do usually carbonates decompose?

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Sep 24, 2015

When heated

Explanation:

Carbonates decompose usually when heated at high temperature.

For example, $C u C O_{3}$ $CuCO_3$ decomposes as follows:

$C u C O_{3} (s) + H e a t \to C u O (s) + C O_{2} (g)$ $CuCO_3(s) + Heat -> CuO(s) + CO_2(g)$

This reaction is a good practice on reaction stoichiometry as you could see in the following video:

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