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Is limestones is dissolved by acid rain a Mechanical weathering?
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What agent of weathering breaks down limestones statues?
Acid Chemicals
Is limestone dissolved by carbonic acid chemical or mechanical?
The dissolution of limestone by rainwater containing carbonic acid is the perfect example of chemical weathering.
Is limestone dissolved by carbonic acid a chemical weathering or a mechanical weathering?
This is chemical weathering. Carbonic acid (and often sulphuric acid from SO2) destroy CaCO3 (limestone) through chemical attack.Carbonic acid is formed by reaction of H2O and CO2 to create H2CO3.
What is a type of weathering where rocks are dissolved by an acid?
chemical weathering
Is acid chemical weathering or mechanical weathering?
chemical
Is acid rainfall a mechanical weathering?
Acid rainfall is considered as chemical weathering.
What does acid cause?
mechanical weathering
What kind of weathering happens to a rock exposed to an acid rain?
Chemical Weathering.. because as rocks exposed to acid rains like limestones, it slowly dissolve and change into a new form
Is a type of weathering where rock is dissolved by acid?
Carbonation
What is an angent of mechanical weathering?
Carbonic acid
What cannot cause mechanical weathering?
Acid
What are 2 examples of mechanical and chemical weathering?
One example of chemical weathering is acid rain another is acid fog. An example of mechanical weathering is water eroding away mountains or water creating a river. by.....
