CaCO3 + HCl →CO2 + CaCl2 + H2O Suppose you collect a 5.00 g sample of impure limestone and want to know how pure it is. You add the sample to an excess of HCl and collect 1.91 g of CO2. Assuming that the reaction went to completion, what percent of the sample was CaCO3?

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The DePauw Nature Park is a former quarry site where limestone, CaCO3, was mined until the 1970s. Limestone can be converted to carbon dioxide, CO2, by reacting it with hydrochloric acid, HCl, as shown by the following unbalanced chemical reaction

CaCO3 + HCl →CO2 + CaCl2 + H2O

Suppose you collect a 5.00 g sample of impure limestone and want to know how pure it is. You add the sample to an excess of HCl and collect 1.91 g of CO2. Assuming that the reaction went to completion, what percent of the sample was CaCO3?

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