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Loss On Ignition Test Method and Procedures For Limestone Sample

The Loss on Ignition test determines the amount of carbon dioxide released when limestone is heated. Limestone is largely composed of calcium carbonate, which decomposes to calcium oxide and carbon dioxide when heated. The procedure involves weighing a sample of limestone before and after heating in a furnace at 1000°C for 1 hour to ignite and release carbon dioxide. The percentage loss in weight is the Loss on Ignition, representing the amount of carbon dioxide present in the original limestone sample.

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Loss On Ignition Test Method and Procedures For Limestone Sample

The Loss on Ignition test determines the amount of carbon dioxide released when limestone is heated. Limestone is largely composed of calcium carbonate, which decomposes to calcium oxide and carbon dioxide when heated. The procedure involves weighing a sample of limestone before and after heating in a furnace at 1000°C for 1 hour to ignite and release carbon dioxide. The percentage loss in weight is the Loss on Ignition, representing the amount of carbon dioxide present in the original limestone sample.

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Loss on Ignition test method and procedures for limestone sample

Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine


organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs. Its major materials are the minerals
calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate
(CaCO3).

Limestone is composed principally of calcium carbonate, which when heated at


elevated temperatures decomposes to calcium oxide and carbon dioxide.
    CaCO3     +         Heat     =   CaO + CO2
Loss on Ignition
When limestone is heated at elevated temperatures, carbon is lost to the air as
carbon dioxide (CO2) leaving behind the calcium oxide component.
Below are the determination procedures:
Equipment and Apparatus
1.Spatula
2.Analytical Balance

3. Glass weighing Bottle

4. Platinum crucible
5. A muffle Furnace

6. Agate Mortar
Preparation of Sample for Analysis
1.11 Procedure: Sample randomly, small portions from the bulk of the material to
reach about 1000g; dry if wet in the oven at 110OC for 1 hour. Mix together the dry
sample on a graph paper, spread evenly and scoop small quantities at a time unto
another paper using a clean spatula, again mix and spread as before. Finally scoop
about 5g from the entire spread surface into an   agate mortar, pulverize, and
transfer into a weighing bottle; dry in the oven at 110OC for 1 hour, and cool in the
desiccator to room temperature.      
Test Procedure:  Weigh a clean platinum crucible with a lid, note the weight;
transfer 1.0 g of the ground sample into it, cover with the lid and weigh again; note
the total weight. Transfer the charged crucible into a muffle furnace, raise furnace
temperature from 0 OC to 1000OC and ignite for 1 hour, cool in the desiccator to
room temperature and weigh to determine the loss in weight.

Loss on Ignition (CO2) =    Change in weight x 100%


                                              Sample Weight

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