Multiple choice

Which of the following is not true regarding alkaline earth metal carbonates?

  1. Solubility increases with increase in the atomic number of the metal ion.

  2. Decompose on heating to give CO2 and respective oxide.

  3. Berryllium carbonate is unstable.

  4. Thermal stability increases with increase in cationic size.
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Explanation

this option is correct because actually solubility decreases as the atomic number of the metal ion increases and it becomes less stable with increasing atomic number of the metal ion involved.

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