Metal Carbonate Decomposition

• Thermal decomposition


  A reaction where heat energy is used to break down a substance
• Metal carbonate thermal decomposition

  1. Metal carbonate

  2. Metal oxide

  3. Carbon dioxide
• Thermal decomposition of copper carbonate


  • Copper carbonate
  • Copper oxide
  • Carbon dioxide
• Copper carbonate


  • Green solid
• Copper oxide


  • Black solid
• Carbon dioxide


  • Colorless gas
• Downward delivery


  Carbon dioxide is denser than air, so it sinks to the bottom of a tube and stays there until you want to use it