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Describe how you would prepare a sample of iron(II)carbonate,starting with iron metal and dilute hydrochloric acid.

Describe how you would prepare a sample of iron(II)carbonate,starting with iron metal and dilute hydrochloric acid.

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Ronald
We will first react the iron metal with the dillute hydrochloric acid to give us iron(II)chloride and hydrogen gas. We will then react the iron(II)chloride with sodium carbonate. The reaction will give us iron(II)carbonate and sodium carbonate as products. Since iron(II)carbonate is an insoluble salt while sodium chloride is a soluble, we separate them through filtration. The green residue that remains is our iron(II)carbonate.
Mzitoo answered the question on May 16, 2019 at 20:43

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