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Explain how one would obtain pure sample of potassium carbonate crystals from a mixture of potassium carbonate and calcium carbonate.

Explain how one would obtain pure sample of potassium carbonate crystals from a mixture of potassium carbonate and calcium carbonate.

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Edith
- Add water to the mixture and stir.
- Filter the solution to obtain potassium carbonate as a filtrate and calcium carbonate as a residue.
- Heat the filtrate to evaporate water until you obtain a saturated solution.
- Cool to form crystals.
- Filter to obtain potassium carbonate crystals then between filter papers.
eddynightsy answered the question on May 1, 2018 at 20:09

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