whats the product of sodium carbonate + oxygen?

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whats the product of sodium carbonate + oxygen?

is it
sodium carbonate + oxygen --> sodium oxide + carbon dioxide
or
sodium carbonate + oxygen --> sodium oxide + carbonate

2007-01-10 14:31:58 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

2 answers

Your second choice has carbonate as a product. It is an ion not a compound, so this equation is wrong from the get-go.

This leaves equation #1 as the only possibiliity.

2007-01-10 14:37:33 · answer #1 · answered by reb1240 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

sodium carbonate + oxygen --> sodium oxide + carbon dioxide

2007-01-10 22:35:32 · answer #2 · answered by aSnxbByx113 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋