Re: Why is that paper contains carbon ?

Date: Thu Apr 27 19:25:03 2000
Posted By: Dan Berger, Faculty Chemistry/Science, Bluffton College
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 956844923.Ch

Message:


We can easily determine that paper contains carbon by the following experiment.

(a) Burn the paper in pure oxygen.
(b) Force the gases given off during burning through limewater.

The limewater will turn cloudy, indicating the presence of carbon dioxide.

                                                    Dan Berger

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