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Starting from calcium carbonate, describe how a solid sample of calcium sulphate can be prepared.

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- React calcium carbonate with dilute nitric acid or hydrochloric acid.
- Filter the mixture.
- Add a soluble sulphate to the filtrate.
- Filter the mixture and obtain the residue which is calcium sulphate.
- Wash the residue with distilled water and dry between filter paper.

eddynightsy answered the question on May 2, 2018 at 08:13

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