Metal carbonates decompose on heating to give metal oxide and carbon dioxide. Which of the metal carbonates is most stable thermally?
(i) MgCO3
(ii) CaCO3
(iii) SrCO3
(iv) BaCO3
Metal carbonates decompose on heating to give metal oxide and carbon dioxide. Which of the metal carbonates is most stable thermally?
(i) MgCO3
(ii) CaCO3
(iii) SrCO3
(iv) BaCO3
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1 Answer
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This is a multiple choice type question as classified in NCERT Exemplar
Correct option (iv)
BaCO3 will be the most thermal stable. The size of Ba2+ is very large due to which it has low Polarising power and cannot polarise the oxygen atom. As the positive ions gets larger on moving down the group, the effect on the carbonate ion near them decreases. Thus, the carbonate ions of large cations are stable.
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