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Caves are usually some form of limestone. The stone is VERY slowly dissolved by water, and the dissolved material leaves with the draining water. Typically this takes millions of years.
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What are the components of a solution called?
solute (being dissolved) and solvent (dissolved in) If referring to organic chemistry, the components of a chemical solution are the material being dissolved (also known as the solute) and then the material being dissolved into (the solvent).
What is the material that is dissolved in a solution?
Its called a solute
Why is the water in some caves highly acidic?
"Highly" might be a bit of an overstatement. Water in caves is frequently mildly acidic, because of dissolved organic acids and carbon dioxide, but it's generally not what would be considered highly acidic.
In a solution what terms are used for the substance being dissolved and the medium in which it dissolves?
Solvent is the term for a dissolving medium in a solution. The material which is being dissolved is called the solute.
How does surface area impact dissolution?
A material with a great surface area is dissolved faster.
When limestone dissolves what happenns to the dissolved material?
it forms caves
Where would you find stalagmites stalagmites?
In caves formed in limestone - as are most of the world's caves although not all such caves contain stalagmites and stalactites. They are precipitations of calcite dissolved from the host limestone by carbonic acid - rain water acidified by atmospheric carbon dioxide dissolved in it.
What process creates cave?
Caves form when acidic rain dissolved limestone.
What can be defined as a material that another material is dissolved in?
solvent
Suspended and dissolved material indicates what?
The meaning of "dissolved" is that a material (solute) form a homogeneous solution.Suspended material float in a liquid but is not soluble; it is a non-homogeneous mixture.
What are the components of a solution called?
solute (being dissolved) and solvent (dissolved in) If referring to organic chemistry, the components of a chemical solution are the material being dissolved (also known as the solute) and then the material being dissolved into (the solvent).
Are there jewels in caves?
yes austrlia has the best opal mine on earth+++Ah, yes, mines. The questioner asked about caves - and caves do not normally contain gem-stone material.
What is dissolves materials?
Material that has dissolved is called a solute.
What material will dissolve in another material?
Something that can be dissolved in another material is a solute, and is said to be soluble in that material.
Are there jewels in Australian caves?
yes austrlia has the best opal mine on earth+++Ah, yes, mines. The questioner asked about caves - and caves do not normally contain gem-stone material.
The measure of the total amount of solid material dissolved in seawater is called?
salinity
If the original fossil material is dissolved out of the rock it leaves a?
Mold.
