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What is an icicle-like structure of calcium and carbonate that hangs from cave ceilings?
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Stalactites.
Their material is the chemical compound calcium carbonate, not calcium and carbonate.
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Are stalactites cave features?
Yes, they are calcium carbonate deposits that hang from the ceilings of limestone caves. They hang "tite".
What caves are stalactites and stalagmites formed?
Caves that have cacium carbonate in their geology. The calcium carbonate dissolve in water, but as that water evaporates the calcium carbonate is left behind. It gradually forms a spike from the ceiling or the floor as the drips evaporate leaving behind their solutes.
What are stalactites and stalagmites made of?
According to Wikipedia, below: "Stalactites are formed by the deposition of calcium carbonate and other minerals, which is precipitated from mineralized water solutions. Limestone is the chief form of calcium carbonate rock which is dissolved by water that contains carbon dioxide, forming a calcium bicarbonate solution in underground caverns."
In what rock stalagmites is formed?
Limestone - they are of calcite, the crystalline form of the rock's primary constituent, calcium carbonate.
What is a drip curtain?
A cave deposit formed by precipitation of calcium carbonate from groundwater entering an underground cavern which forms a hanging feature from the ceiling or wall of the cave.
Are stalactites cave features?
Yes, they are calcium carbonate deposits that hang from the ceilings of limestone caves. They hang "tite".
Formula of calcium carbonate?
The formula for the calcium carbonate is CaCO3. This is most commonly used in the detergents. Calcium bicarbonate has little difference in the chemical structure and the bonding otherwise it resembles calcium carbonate.
Is the carbonate or the calcium the buffer in calcium carbonate?
The carbonate. Calcium is neutral.
What is the IUPAC name for the compound CaCO3?
Calcium Carbonate :)
What is limestone calcium carbonate or calcium sulfate?
Calcium carbonate.
Is there a reef called coral reef?
It means underwater structure made by calcium carbonate
What chemical limestone form?
Calcium carbonate or calcium magnesium carbonate.
What are marble chip made of?
CaCO3 (Calcium Carbonate)
What is the product of calcium carbonate?
What is the product of calcium carbonate
What is the correct name for the compound Ca(HCO3)2?
Calcium oxide
What is the formua for calcium carbonate?
the symbol for calcium carbonate is Caco
What does Sodium carbonate and Calcium chloride make?
calcium carbonate
