Consider the equilibrium expression for the following reaction: CaCO3(s)<---> CaO(s) + CO2(g) Which of the following is true? Why?  a) The ratio of CaO(s) to CaCO3(s) will be the same in all samples of this solid. b) The vapor pressure of CO2(g) above a mixture of CaCO3(s)/CaO(s) is independent of the relative amount of these two solids

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Consider the equilibrium expression for the following reaction: CaCO3(s)<---> CaO(s) + CO2(g) Which of the following is true? Why? 

a) The ratio of CaO(s) to CaCO3(s) will be the same in all samples of this solid.

b) The vapor pressure of CO2(g) above a mixture of CaCO3(s)/CaO(s) is independent of the relative amount of these two solids

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