Metal carbonate + carbonic acid? As metal carbonates are basic would there be a reaction if a sample of, say potassium carbonate, was added to carbonic acid? If so what would be the products? A balanced equation would be useful.
Will this apply to other basic substances if they are added to an acid from which they already have an ion of?
$\ce{Na2CO3 + H2CO3 -&gt; 2NaHCO3}$, yielding sodium "bicarbonate", as an example, and in similar fashion, $\ce{Na2SO4 + H2SO4 -&gt; 2NaHSO4}$, or sodium "bisulfate". The "bi" in this nomenclature meant two different anions, and is confusing, as it is the opposite of "bi" in mercury bichloride, two of the same cations. For that reason, sodium hydrogen sulfate or sodium acid sulfate might be preferred.