The flow chart below is for the manufacture of sodium carbonate by the Solvay process. Use it to answer the questions that follow.

The flow chart below is for the manufacture of sodium carbonate by the Solvay process. Use it to answer the questions that follow.

(i) Name gas M and Q.
(ii) Name solution F and solid X.
(iii) Name the product L formed and give one of its uses.
(iv) Write equations of the reactions in Tower P

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i)-M-Ammonia gas
-Q-carbon (iv) oxide
ii)-F-Ammonium chloride
- X-Sodium hydrogen carbonate
iii)L-Calcium chloride
Used as a drying agent

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sharon kalunda answered the question on March 28, 2019 at 08:10

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