Given this chemical equation: M2CO3   +   2 HCl    →   CO2   +   H2O  +  2 MCl each mole of metal carbonate will produce ________ mole(s) of carbon dioxide.  Another way of saying this is that if two moles of CO2 are produced, then the original solution of metal carbonate contained ________ mole(s) of metal carbonate.

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Given this chemical equation:

M2CO3   +   2 HCl    →   CO2   +   H2O  +  2 MCl

each mole of metal carbonate will produce ________ mole(s) of carbon dioxide.  Another way of saying this is that if two moles of CO2 are produced, then the original solution of metal carbonate contained ________ mole(s) of metal carbonate.

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Balanced chemical equation:

M2CO3   +   2 HCl    →   CO2   +   H2O  +  2 MCl

Number of mol of M2CO3  = Number of mol of CO2

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