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Explain why the reaction between calcium carbonate and sulphuric acid would not get to completion ​

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The calcium sulphate is insoluble in dilute sulphuric acid and so you end up with calcium carbonate coated in a layer of calcium sulphate, which stops the acid from getting at the carbonate and so stops the reaction. so you would not get any completion .

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