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How do you test for carbon dioxide ?? Explain

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Answer:

Carbon dioxide reacts with calcium hydroxide solution to produce a white precipitate of calcium carbonate

Step-by-step explanation:

. Limewater is a solution of calcium hydroxide. If carbon dioxide is bubbled through limewater, the limewater turns milky or cloudy white

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