Question

a solution reacts with crushed egg shells to give a gas turns lime water milky the solution contains

Answer 1

A solution reacts with crushed egg-shells to give a gas that turns limewater milky. Identify the solution . Also give the appropriate chemical reaction. Egg shells contains calcium carbonate, which on reaction with HCl liberates CO2 gas which turn lime water to milky.

Answer 2

Answer:

Answer is HCl.

Egg shells contains calcium carbonate, which on reaction with HCl liberates CO2 gas which turn lime water to milky.

CaCO3 + 2HCl → CaCl2 + H2O + CO2