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Using water, how could you distinguish between the white solids NaCl and BaCO3?

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Start with 0.5 g of each - place each in a separate 20 ml beaker containing 10 cc water. Swirl each beaker to dissolve the solids - The KCl will dissolve completely - the lead salt will not.
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