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when bicarbonate is heated it decomposes into the carbonate, one water and one carbon dioxide. it is this loss of mass that will enable you to determine the identity of the anion in your unknown. make balanced equation. go moles to grams on each side using atomic mass then divide mass of carbonate by mass of bicarbonate.... aka product by reactant and if larger then 100 then it's a carbonate and subtract 100 from your answer and that is how much you gained... if smaller than multiply by 100% and then subtract your answer from 100 and that is how much you lost...

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