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Six example sentences with carbonate, each labelled with its topic.
Coral skeletons are built from calcium carbonate, which dissolves faster as the surrounding seawater turns more acidic.
Environment
A pinch of sodium carbonate in the boiling water gives ramen noodles their springy bite and yellow color.
Cooking
Limestone is mostly calcium carbonate, so city rain slowly eats the carved faces off nineteenth century facades.
Architecture
Drip acid on a carbonate and it fizzes, releasing bubbles of gas that geologists use to spot limestone in the field.
Science
Antacid tablets are mostly calcium carbonate, which neutralizes stomach acid within minutes of dissolving.
Medicine
Marble is compacted calcium carbonate, soft enough to carve with steel yet hard enough to hold a polish for centuries.
Art
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