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Explain how the test for carbon dioxide works.
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Carbon dioxide is tested for by bubbling an unknown gas through limewater (aqueous calcium hydroxide) - if the solution goes cloudy, carbon dioxide is present. This is due to production of a white precipitate called calcium carbonate.
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