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Bess [88]
3 years ago
5

What is the defining characteristic of an exothermic reaction.

Chemistry
1 answer:
xenn [34]3 years ago
7 0
Heat gets given off or emitted during the reaction
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This important industrial reaction for converting limestone (calcium carbonate) to lime (calcium oxide) has to be performed at high temperatures in a specially designed limekiln – which these days, basically consists of a huge rotating angled ceramic lined steel tube in which a mixture of limestone plus coal/coke/oil/gas? is fed in at one end and lime collected at the lower end. The mixture is ignited and excess air blasted through to burn the coal/coke and maintain a high operating temperature.
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