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Offline vmelkon

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Re: Limestone experiment
« Reply #15 on: August 05, 2011, 03:16:40 PM »
It is explained here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetone

"Previously, acetone was produced by the dry distillation of acetates, for example calcium acetate..."

Basically, you heat it and it decomposes to CaCO3 and acetone and possibly other stuff too.

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