– Carbon dioxide is the gas that reacts with calcium hydroxide solution, limewater, to produce a white precipitate of calcium carbonate. … When carbon dioxide is bubbled through the limewater solution, the limewater turns milky or cloudy white.
Why did the limewater turn milky?
Limewater as Indicator of Carbon Dioxide Gas. Description: Carbon dioxide gas from a cylinder is bubbled through limewater and calcium carbonate solid is formed causing the limewater to become cloudy.
