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Question
Give balanced chemical equations for the action of sulphuric acid on the following:
Potassium hydrogen carbonate.
Solution
An action of sulphuric acid on potassium hydrogen carbonate
2KHCO3 + H2SO4 → K2SO4 + 2H2O + 2CO2↑
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