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Carbon Dioxide

Key Stage 4

Meaning

A diagram a molecule of Carbon Dioxide showing Carbon as black and Oxygen as red.

Carbon Dioxide is a gaseous (at room temperature) chemical compound with formula CO2.

Testing for Carbon Dioxide

  1. Use a delivery tube to bubble the gas through Limewater.
  2. If the Limewater turns from transparent to cloudy then the gas is Carbon Dioxide.

References

AQA

Carbon dioxide, page 235, GCSE Physics; Student Book, Collins, AQA
Carbon dioxide, page 238, GCSE Chemistry, Hodder, AQA
Carbon dioxide, page 278, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Biology, CGP, AQA
Carbon dioxide, page 343, GCSE Biology, CGP, AQA
Carbon dioxide, pages 105, 107, 108, 181, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 2, Hodder, AQA
Carbon dioxide, pages 185, 194-196, 198-202, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
Carbon dioxide, pages 61, 124-127, 131, 134, 184, 294, 299, GCSE Biology; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA

Edexcel

Carbon dioxide; as a greenhouse gas, pages 142, 143, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
Carbon dioxide; as a greenhouse gas, pages 266-269, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, Edexcel
Carbon dioxide; as a greenhouse gas, pages 92, 93, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
Carbon dioxide; test for, page 107, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel
Carbon dioxide; test for, page 127, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, Edexcel
Carbon dioxide; test for, page 45, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel

OCR

Carbon dioxide, pages 119, 144-146, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR
Carbon dioxide, pages 13, 49, 51,53, 59, Gateway GCSE Biology, Oxford, OCR
Carbon dioxide, pages 146, 252-253, 256-257, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR
Carbon dioxide, pages 58, 96-98, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR Gateway
Carbon dioxide; as a greenhouse gas, pages 145, 146, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR
Carbon dioxide; as a greenhouse gas, pages 97, 98, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR Gateway
Carbon dioxide; test for, page 119, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR
Carbon dioxide; test for, page 5 8, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR Gateway