Question

What happen when calcium formate is heated strongly

Answer 1

Answer:

Calcium formate on strong heating decomposes to give formaldehyde.

Answer 2

When calcium formate is heated strongly then it leads to the formation of formaldehyde.

Explanation:

Chemical formula of calcium formate is $Ca(HCOO)_{2}$ and when it is strongly heated then the chemical reaction will be as follows.

         $Ca(HCOO)_{2} + CaCO_{3} \rightarrow HCHO$

This means that formaldehyde is produced and it is a colorless and strong smelling gas which is used to make building products along with many household products.

When it is added to ammonia then it will produce methanol along with very small amount of ammonium methoxide.  Since ammonia is weak base and methanol is less acidic than water, there is for all practical situation no reaction.

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