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Chemical weathering is the dissolution, carbonation, oxidation, or hydrolysis of rock and mineral by chemical means only, mostly from reactions with water or the acids contained in rainwater.Other materials are formed in the process. Warm, tropical climates are ideal environments for chemical weathering to take place as the chemical reactions are quickened by the bountiful rain and warm temperatures. Water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, living organisms, and acid precipitation.
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∙ 11y agowater,acids, and air can all cause chemical weathering. :)
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∙ 11y agoDissolution, Carbonation, Oxidation, or Hydrolysis or rock and mineral, mostly from water, or the acids from rain water
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∙ 13y agowater acids and air
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Weathering by abrasion is usually caused by?
Wind-blown sand causes Mechanical Weathering of rocks by abrasion
Can you give me some notes about weathering?
There are two types of weathering: chemical and physical. Chemical weathering is said to occur when the chemical compounds of rocks are changed. Physical weathering happens due to wind, rain, or other natural occurrences.
What the differences between physical weathering and surface waters?
physical weathering is weathering that you can reverse and chemical weathering is where you can' reverse it.
Why does June and July have the highest rate of chemical weathering?
It has the highest rate of chemical weathering because chemical weathering occurs much faster in hot, humid climates. This makes rain forests a target for chemical weathering, and in hot seasons, the weathering skyrockets.
What are some differences of physical weathering and chemical weathering?
Physical weathering is due to: rocks hitting other rocks causing them to break up from the action of frost and ice the action of wind or waves or running water the action of plants. Chemical weathering changes the composition of the rock and is due to: water dissolving minerals in the rock oxidation of metals in the rock
What are the three main causes of weathering?
Physical, chemical and biological change are the three main causes of weathering.
What chemical weathering called oxidation causes and nbsp?
what chemical weathering called oxidation causes
What gas causes chemical weathering?
Oxygen is the major gas that is the cause chemical weathering.
Are the three types of weathering?
biological weathering , physical weathering & chemical weathering.
What are the three weathering?
the 3 types of weathering are: Chemical Weathering Biological Weathering Physical Weathering
What type of weathering causes a face to form on a cliff?
Chemical weathering causes a face to form on a cliff.
What are the three major categories of weathering?
-Mechanical weathering -Chemical weathering -Biological weathering
What kind of weathering causes mineral composition of rocks to change?
Chemical weathering
What kinds of weathering causes the mineral composition of rocks to change?
Chemical weathering
What kind of weathering causes mineral composition of rock to change?
Chemical weathering
What is the natural process that causes rock to breakdown?
Weathering from mechanical and chemical means is the process that causes rocks to become smaller and smaller; wind, rain, the sun, the freeze/thaw cycle, moving glaciers, chemical reactions, and gravity are some of the causes of weathering.
What causes chemical weatering?
Chemical weathering is caused by chemical reactions in the substance, for example, when oxidation causes rusting.
