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Q.

Which of the following metal carbonate will give basic metal oxide on heating?

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a

K2CO3

b

Li2CO3

c

Na2CO3

d

Rb2CO3

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

The electropositive feature is stronger the further down the alkali metal group we go. Alkali carbonates become more stable as a result of this. Lithium carbonate, however, is not very heat stable.

This is due to the covalent nature of lithium carbonate. Due to its tiny size, lithium ions may polarize larger carbonate ions, creating the more stable lithium oxide.

Only Li2CO3 of the alkali metal carbonates breaks down into CO2 and metal oxide.

Li2CO3Li2O+CO2

Hence the option D is correct.

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