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Q: Chemical reaction of orthoclase into a clay mineral?
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Clay minerals silica and dissolved potassium bicarbonate in the soil water are products of which process?

chemical weathering of orthoclase feldspar


What mineral forms from the chemical weathering of feldspar?

The clay mineral Kaolinite - Al2Si2O5(OH)4.


What type rock is kaolin?

Kaolinite is a clay mineral in white or gray. It is a common mineral that is largely use in paper production.


What are some examples of chemical and physical changes that a kid can do?

physical: play with a clay and change the shape of the clay. tear a paper chemical: while doing brush, a chemical reaction is taking place bursting crackers


What is the silicate mineral that originates as a product of chemical weathering?

Clay minerals are the product of chemical weathering of silicate minerals, such as feldspars. Clays are silicate minerals.


What is a geologic feature of a chemical change?

metamorphism would be one. The degradation of a mineral into clay would be another one.


Why is making a figure from lump of clay considered a physical change?

becaz' it only changes in its physical appearance andno molecules are increased or decreased and no process of chemical change happen


How was Chinese porcelain invented?

white clay or Kaolin (which is a clay mineral with the chemical composition Al2Si2O5(OH)4). Other materials mixed with China clay to make porcelain clay have included feldspar, ball-clay, glass, bone ash, steatite, quartz, petuntse and alabaster.


What rock and mineral is a brick made of?

the mineral is clay and there is no rock


Is clay a rock or mineral?

Clay is the general name given to a variety of minerals that are hydrated aluminum phyllosilicates including illite, kaolinite and montmorillonite.


Which rock does China clay come from?

China clay is a type of clay that is rich in kaolinite, which is a layered silicate mineral. Silicate minerals are a type of rock-forming mineral.


How do you distinguish between variable and permanent charge of clays in soils?

Clays are phyllosilicates and have a sheet structure that is ionic in nature. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mainly a permanent clay mineral is a 2:1 clay (which means that it has 2 layers of silica and one of aluminum hydroxide) The permanent charged is nearly Always negative and exists by isomorphic reaction A variable charged clay mineral can be both, 2:1 and 1:1 clay minerals (1:1 = one layer of silica on 1 layer of aluminum hydroxide) a variable clay mineral can be either negative positive or zero