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Strong heating of limestone gives quicklime and:

Acarbon monoxide
Bcarbon dioxide
Coxygen
Dwater vapour

Answer: B

Calcination follows

CaCO X_{3} CaO + CO X_{2}

, so the gas given off is carbon dioxide.

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