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AMY MATTHEWS 21/06/10

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What happens when sulfuric acid is poured onto limestone?

A reaction occur, calcium sulfate is obtained.


What is the common name for limestone?

The common name for limestone is simply "limestone".


What do you call a place from which stone or slate is obtained?

A place from which stone or slate is obtained is called a quarry. Quarries are typically open-pit mines where various types of rock, including granite, marble, and limestone, are extracted. The process involves removing the surrounding material to access and extract the desired stone.


Is limestone a nonrenewable or renewable resource?

Limestone is a nonrenewable resource everyone so use your limestone wisely ! (:


What would happen if you didn't have limestone?

we wouldn't have these- -Limestone is used in buildings and roads. - Limestone can be used in glass making. - Limestone is used in toothpaste. - Limestone is used in cement and mortar. - Limestone is used in bread and cereals as a source of calcium. - Limestone is used to make paper white. -Limestone is used to purify sugar. -Pulverized limestone is used to neutralize acidic soils. -Limestone can be used to make brake pads. -Limestone is used in the preparation of wools and dyes. -Limestone is used to make antacids. -Limestone is used in climbing walls. -Limestone is used a suppression of methane explosions in underground coalmines. -Limestone is added to plastics, paint, tiles and other materials as both white pigment and cheap filler. -Limestone is used in the manufacture of quicklime (calcium oxide) and slaked lime (calcium hydroxide). -Limestone can be used to create steel by using it in a blast furnace.