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Many rocks contain included salts, and when these are re-mobilized into solution and then re-crystallize, the increased local volume of the salt crystal will disrupt the rock. This process is sometimes the cause of cavities forming under an overhanging rock face.
Similarly, the rock minerals may be dissolved by rain water, to form clays, which will also have a different volume and shape to the parent mineral, and thus disrupt that rock.
And of course, in our modern industrial atmosphere, there are many corrosive substances that enhance weathering, SO3 ions for example.
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What is physical weathring and Chemical weathring?
Physical weathering is different from chemical weathering because physical weathering is when a river is to weather away the rock. Chemical is when acid precipitation is too dissolve the rock.
Is chemical stability a physical or chemical properties?
Chemical property
Is reactions a chemical or physical?
Chemical reactions are chemical processes.
A shorthand description of a chemical reaction using chemical formulas and symbols is a chemical what?
A chemical equation is a shorthand description of a chemical reaction.
Is flamability a physical or chemical property?
No, flammability is a chemical property.
Is the chemical reaction of carbonization with other substances called oxidation?
No, it's called carbonization (wheathering of limestone)
Is oxidation the chemical reaction of carbon dioxide with other substances?
No, it's called carbonization (wheathering of limestone)
Why is Florida prone to sinkholes?
Florida is prone to sinkholes because of the amount of water that is in the ground. The water under the ground moves to a different location, which in turn leaves an empty space.
Is the chemical reaction of carbon dioxide with other substances called oxidation?
No, it's called carbonization (wheathering of limestone)
What are five ways that rocks are broken down into smaller pieces?
abrasion,erosion,chemical weathering,dissolving,physical wheathering,and precipitation
What cause wheathering?
Climate change
What occurs during the wheathering process?
Wheathering is when water and ice,chemicals and even plants break rocks apart into smaller peices
Can plants break rocks and be a wheathering tool?
yes it can
What are the agents of wheatherinG ROCKS?
Water, Wind, Plant growth.
What is physical weathring and Chemical weathring?
Physical weathering is different from chemical weathering because physical weathering is when a river is to weather away the rock. Chemical is when acid precipitation is too dissolve the rock.
Why do trees grow along side walls due to wheathering?
they dont
Wheathering and erosion of earths crust are primarily caused by?
water wind.
