What would happen when carbon dioxide gas is bubbled through a solution of lithium hydroxide?

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asib1214 · Answer

LiOH + CO2 --> Li2CO3 + H2O 

Balance... 

2LiOH (aq) + CO2 (g) --> Li2CO3 (aq) + H2O (l)

lithium carbonate and water will be made....

anonymous · Answer

Could you explain why Lithium Carbonate is created along with water? I thought it was double replacement but I was wrong.

asib1214 · Answer

it is a double displacement reaction, the thing is when you absorb carbon dioxide gas in the solution of lithium hydroxide, lithium reacts with CO2 and synthesises into Li2CO3 producing a more complex product. basically lithium will detach from OH and attach with CO2 and the rest is just water.

anonymous · Answer

The oxygen from the hydroxide is reacting with the CO2, as an ion causing it to become a carbonate. This is a reaction of non metal oxides.