why does lime water turns milky when we blow air into it class 7
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Limewater turns milky when we blow CO2 into it. As we all know that we inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. So when we blow CO2 into Limewater it reacts with lime water and form calcium carbonate which turns it into milky
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When exhaled air is blown through Lime Water which is also known as calcium hydroxide, the carbon dioxide present in the exhaled air reacts with the Lime water and turns it into a milky solution, since the the CO2 reacts with Ca(OH)2 and forms CaCO3 or Calcium Carbonate, which is insoluble and white in color.
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