Limestone

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What is Limestone?
Calcium Carbonate - CaCo3
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Calcium Oxide reacts with Water to produce...
Calcium Hydroxide
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When Limestone thermally decomposes it makes...
Calcium Oxide and Carbon Dioxide - Ca0 + Co2
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Name the uses of Limestone
cement making, building blocks
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Advantages of Using Limestone
provides houses and roads, neutralises acidic soil and acid rain, quarrying provides jobs
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Disadvantages of Using Limestone
quarrying for limestone makes a mess of the landscape. Noise, dust and destruction of habitats
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Calcium Oxide reacts with Water to produce...

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Calcium Hydroxide

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When Limestone thermally decomposes it makes...

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Name the uses of Limestone

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Card 5

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Advantages of Using Limestone

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