A student is preparing crystals of copper(II) nitrate. They add small portions of copper(II) carbonate, which is a green powder, to a beaker containing warm, dilute nitric acid, stirring the mixture after each addition.
Explain how the student knows when they have added enough copper(II) carbonate to neutralise all of the acid.
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