Reactive Group Datasheet

Carbonate Salts

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There are 13 chemical datasheets assigned to this reactive group.

Description

Flammability

Carbonate salts are nonflammable materials.

Reactivity

Carbonate salts act as weak bases and therefore participate in acid-base reactions that generate heat and release carbon dioxide. The production of CO2 may cause pressurization of vessels containing carbonates.

Toxicity

Generally nontoxic. Sodium bicarbonate is used as an anti-acid medication.

Other Characteristics

Carbonates are made from reaction between carbonic acid (aqueous carbon dioxide) and a base (or alkali). They have the formula Mx(CO3)y (e.g. Na2CO3, soda ash). Carbonate salts are generally considered weak bases, and they turn litmus paper blue. Carbonates have many uses from glass making, pulp and paper manufacture, water treatment chemicals, textile manufacture, cleaning compounds, food additives, etc.

Examples

Ammonium bicarbonate, barium carbonate, calcium carbonate, magnesite, sodium percarbonates, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate.

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