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Title: What is the reaction between acid rain and limestone?
Post by: thedoc on 08/10/2013 21:13:51
What happens in a reaction between acid rain and limestone?
Asked by Joyce


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Title: What is the reaction between acid rain and limestone?
Post by: lightarrow on 11/05/2008 19:41:50
Quote from: Joyce on 11/05/2008 11:16:27
Joyce asked the Naked Scientists:

What happens, in scientific terms, when acid rain lands on limestone?


What do you think?
Limestone is CaCO3. An acid (H+) reacts with it giving water (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2):

CaCO3 + 2H+ --> Ca++ + H2O + CO2
Title: What is the reaction between acid rain and limestone?
Post by: thedoc on 18/06/2008 13:13:27
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Post by: SCIENCE NERD12123 on 19/01/2011 19:15:43
uh... i tink that this is one of the more confusing tingys
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Post by: emilyimonly11 on 18/03/2012 19:28:25
it will desolve over 10 years (really slowly)
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Post by: Martin Tomphson on 05/10/2014 00:00:21
Speak English please XD, no seriously this is confusing. You need to speak less crazy talk and more real because you are wrong. I know because half of the stuff people research about acid dissolving limestone rocks are FACTS that I wrote and I'm only 11. It's a shame that I know more than you! No hard feeling bro, and DEFINITELY on offense! :)
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Post by: Martin Tomphson on 05/10/2014 00:01:48
Speak English please XD, no seriously this is confusing. You need to speak less crazy talk and more real because you are wrong. I know because half of the stuff people research about acid dissolving limestone rocks are FACTS that I wrote and I'm only 11. It's a shame that I know more than you! No hard feeling bro, and DEFINITELY on offense! :)
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Post by: Alex Bruckner on 22/04/2016 16:56:54
What is the name of this reaction?
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Post by: Keorapetse on 10/10/2016 12:58:22
is it possible to react limestone with 98% sulphuric acid for gypsum production?