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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

Potassium carbonate cannot be prepared by Solvay process. Why ?

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12 Years agoGrade 12
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11 Years ago
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Solvay process is not used for manufacturing K2CO3 because KHCO3 is highly soluble in water and hence, cannot be precipitated by addition of NH4HCO3 to KCl.