20 grams of metal carbonate on calcination gives 11.2 grams of metal oxide. Atomic weight of the bivalent metal is
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Wmetal carbonateWmetal oxide=Emetal carbonateEmetal oxide; Wmetal carbonateWmetal oxide=EM+EcarbonateEM+Eoxide; 2011.2=E+30E+8; E=20; AW=EW×Valency; AW=20×2=40;