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Why do you add limestone to lakes?
To clean the water and keep it fresh.
How do you neutralize soil after fertilized?
To neutralise a sample of soil, you must determine the pH of the soil sample either acidic or alkaline. Add lime (e.g. Limestone) to acidic soil to neutralise it. And add sulphur to alkaline soil which will neutralise it.
Cutting back on pollutants that cause acid rain is one solution to the problem of acidified lakes can you suggest another?
Add a neutralizing substance such as limestone
How people overcome the problem of soil is too acidic?
You add ground limestone. It will take 3-6 months for the lime to lower the acidity, however, and too much is worse than none at all.
What soil pH level is ideal for growing strawberries?
The preferred soil pH level for strawberries is 5.8 to 6.2. If the soil is too acidic, add ground limestone to bring the pH level within that range.
Why do farmers add limestone to soil?
Chalk is sometimes added to soil to raise the pH of acidic soils. Calcium, the primary component of chalk, is also an important secondary nutrient for healthy crop growth.
What happens when you add an acid limestone?
Limestone is mainly composed of calcium carbonate. It will react with acids to produce carbon dioxide, a salt and water, and the limestone will slowly dissolve away - an experiment easily performed by pouring vinegar on a piece of limestone. In the outdoors: Acid rain (from industrial pollution mixing with falling rain) cause limestone to dissolve, increasing the natural effect of rain water erosion of rock - forming potholes, caverns - and clints and grykes (fissures) on 'limestone pavements'.
What do you add to pools if the water is acidic?
Potash
How do you neutralize acidic soil?
add lime...
What happens when limestone gets wet?
The acidity of rainwater acts to help dissolve limestone through a chemical reaction with the calcium carbonate. Limestone is mostly made up of the mineral calcium carbonate ( CaCO 3 ) this is not very soluble so the rocks don't dissolve very quickly. If you add an acid however you add Hydrogen Ions ( H+ ) which will react with the carbonate to form hydrogen carbonate HCO3- ions which are very soluble in water, and the limestone will dissolve. Or if there is more acid about the two Hydrogen ions will react with a carbonate to form H2CO3 which will decompose to form carbon dioxide CO2 and water H2O. The acid can come from a variety of sources sulphur and nitrogen oxides released by burning fuels will form sulphuric and nitric acids, can carbon-dioxide can dissolve in water to form carbonic acid.
What you do if soil is acidic in nature?
Add some dolamite
How can an acidic soil be changed to alkaline?
Add lime
