Acid precipitation affects stone primarily in two ways: dissolution and alteration. When sulfurous, sulfuric, and nitric acids in polluted air react with the calcite in marble and limestone, the calcite dissolves. In exposed areas of buildings and statues, we see roughened surfaces, removal of material, and loss of carved details. Stone surface material may be lost all over or only in spots that are more reactive.
You might expect that sheltered areas of stone buildings and monuments would not be affected by acid precipitation. However, sheltered areas on limestone and marble buildings and monuments show blackened crusts that have spalled (peeled) off in some places, revealing crumbling stone beneath. This black crust is primarily composed of gypsum, a mineral that forms from the reaction between calcite, water, and sulfuric acid. Gypsum is soluble in water; although it can form anywhere on carbonate stone surfaces that are exposed to sulfur dioxide gas (SO2), it is usually washed away. It remains only on protected surfaces that are not directly washed by the rain. Gypsum is white, but the crystals form networks that trap particles of dirt and pollutants, so the crust looks black. Eventually the black crusts blister and spall off, revealing crumbling stone.When marble is exposed to acidic rain, sharp edges and carving details gradually become rounded. Antefixes, roof of the Philadelphia Merchants' Exchange (built in 1832).Blackened crusts on sheltered portions of the limestone Chicago Tribune Building, Chicago, Illinois.Formed as a result of air pollution, gypsum alteration crusts have blackened, blistered, and spalled from a marble baluster at the Organization of American States building, Washington, D.C.Scanning electron microscope photograph of gypsum crystals with dirt and pollution particles trapped by the network of crystals. The scale bar is 10 micrometers long.A marble column at the Merchants' Exchange in Philadelphia shows loss of material where the stone is exposed to rain and blackening of the stone surface where the stone is sheltered from rain.
That will depend not only on the metal but also on the acid. Some strong acids will dissolve almost all metals almost instantly, some weak acids will do nothing at all to any metal. Some metals (e.g. zinc) are corroded or even dissolved by most acids, some metals (e.g. gold) are totally unaffected except by certain mixtures of very strong acids.
most metals do with the exception of gold, platinum, and rhenium.
dangerous to living organisms
There are several metals which do not react with sulfuric acid; once such metal is gold.
Sulfuric acid will react with magnesium and most other metals to produce hydrogen gas.
No. Sulfuric acid oxidizes metals to produce sulfates. Melting is a process tha metals undergo when heated.
zinc and copper and titanium. good luck!
dangerous to living organisms
No. Sulfuric acid is an acid. The alkali metals are metallic elements.
There are several metals which do not react with sulfuric acid; once such metal is gold.
Sulfuric acid will react with magnesium and most other metals to produce hydrogen gas.
No, you cannot be poisoned by sulfuric acid. You will die from internal hemorrhaging resulting from the corrosive effect of concentrated sulfuric acid before you are poisoned by it.
No. Sulfuric acid oxidizes metals to produce sulfates. Melting is a process tha metals undergo when heated.
Sulfuric acid produces sulfates when it reacts with metals.
zinc and copper and titanium. good luck!
sulfuric acid or sulphuric acid
A strong acid solution (hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid for instance) will dissolve most metals.
Many (though not all) metals will dissolve in sulfuric acid. The colorless inflammable gas that is produced is hydrogen.
Sulfuric acid is:NOT muriatic acid, 'cause that is the old name for hydrochloric acid (HCl)strongly oxidizing ONLY when concentrated, not in diluted form![Don't know about 'met', don't use acronyms]