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Both potassium chloride and calcium carbonate are white solids. Give two tests you would use to distinguish them.​

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Potassium carbonate is soluble in water, while calcium carbonate is insoluble. Weigh a sample of the unknown mixture accurately and stir the sample with water. Filter the suspension and find out the mass of the residue collected. It gives the amount of insoluble calcium carbonate present in the mixture.

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