Carbon Dioxide → Bicarbonate Ion

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Step 3, Second Recycling of Filtrate: It was speculated that excess of ammonium hydroxide together with carbon dioxide resulted with ammonium carbonate or bicarbonate, and that the limiting factor in precipitation was the quantity calcium ions. An aliquot of 100 mL of the filtrate (total volume 3370 mL) was mixed with 400 mL CaSO4.2H2O solution (2.0 g/L). A precipitate formed. It was filtered and oven dried. 0.274 grams were isolated. Additional CaSO4.2H2O solution did not cause further precipitation from this aliquot of the filtrate. Based on this measurement it is calculated that a total of 9.23 g of calcium carbonate could be precipitated from the filtrate. The product isolated was identified by XRD as being calcite.

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