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janeaustin

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Acid + Carbonate Equations
« on: January 14, 2019, 08:16:42 pm »
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For Acid + Metal Carbonate reactions, is the state of the metal carbonate reactant always a solid?

For example, the reaction between phosphoric acid and sodium hydrogen carbonate:
H3PO4 (aq) + 3NaHCO3 (s) →  Na3PO4 (aq) + 3CO2 (g) + 3H2O (l)
Why is NaHCO3 a solid? According to the solubility rules, all Group 1 metals (in this case, Na) are soluble, so isn't this carbonate meant to exist in aqueous form?
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