Carbon Dioxide

Contents

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