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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

Why thermal stability of alkali earth metal carbonates increase down the group

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9 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Umakant biswal
9 Years ago
@ anik 
in the case of thermal stability as we move down the group a new shell is going to add in the electronic configuration . 
and after that as new shell adds up , then its very difficult to loose the electron and get degraded as soon as heat provided to the compound . 
also the hydration enthalpy decrease on going down to the group . 
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