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Preparation of Salts From Metal Carbonates

The document describes the preparation of salts from insoluble metal carbonates and metal hydroxides. It gives the example of preparing lead(II) nitrate from lead(II) carbonate by adding dilute nitric acid which produces effervescence as carbon dioxide is evolved. It also discusses preparing barium chloride and copper(II) sulfate using similar reactions.

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Preparation of Salts From Metal Carbonates

The document describes the preparation of salts from insoluble metal carbonates and metal hydroxides. It gives the example of preparing lead(II) nitrate from lead(II) carbonate by adding dilute nitric acid which produces effervescence as carbon dioxide is evolved. It also discusses preparing barium chloride and copper(II) sulfate using similar reactions.

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Preparation of salts from insoluble metal carbonates


Example
Preparation of lead (II) nitrate from lead (II) carbonate
- Pour dilute nitric acid in a beaker and warm it gently.
- Add lead (II) carbonate a little at a time. Effervescence occurs as carbondioixde
is evolved.
- Continue adding the carbonate until when it is in excess and no more
effervescence occurs.
- Filter off the excess carbonate to get a colourless filtrate.
- Evaporates the filtrate by heating gently to obtain a saturated solution.
- Cool the saturated solution to obtain white crystals of lead (II) nitrate salts.
- Wash the crystals with cold distilled water and dry either on sun shine, in an
oven or between filter papers.
Equation
Lead (II) nitrate
Lead (II) carbonate + Nitric acid Lead (II) nitrate + Water + carbondioxide
HNO3(aq) + PbCO3(s) Pb(NO3)2(aq) + H2O(g) + CO2(g)
Other salts prepared in similar ways are:
Barium chloride
Hydrochloric acid + Barium carbonate Barium chloride + Water + carbondioxide
2HCl(aq) + BaCO3(s) BaCl2(aq) + H2O(l) + CO2(g)
Copper (II) sulphate
Sulphuric acid + copper (II) carbonate Copper (II) sulphate + water + carbondioxide
H2SO4(aq) + CuCO3(s) CuSO4(aq) + H2O(g) + CO2(g)
4. Preparation of salts from metal hydroxides
Example
Preparation of lead (II) nitrate starting from lead (II) hydroxide
- Pour dilute nitric acid in a beaker and warm it gently.
- Add lead (II) hydroxide a little at a time while until when it is in excess.
- Filter off the excess hydroxide to get a colorless filtrate.
- Evaporates the filtrate by heating gently to obtain a saturated solution.
- Cool the saturated solution to obtain white crystals of lead (II) nitrate salts.

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