Some rocks contain carbonate minerals and the acid test can be used to help identify them.
Why does the metamorphic rock marble react with hcl acid.
Calcite reacts with hcl to produce calcium chloride carbon dioxide and water caco3 2 hcl cacl2 co2 h2o.
Calcite reacts with hcl to produce calcium chloride carbon dioxide and water caco3 2 hcl cacl2 co2 h2o.
Marble metamorphic reacts to hydrochloric acid.
Both rocks are called marble sometimes with a color modifier such as pink marble.
The reaction to acid is common among carbonate minerals that is the ones with co 3 as the anion.
In exposed areas of buildings and statues we see roughened surfaces removal of material and loss of carved details.
Limestone is composed almost entirely of calcite and will produce a vigorous fizz with a drop of hydrochloric acid.
If the acid fizzes on your sample your rock is probably marble.
Why does marble react to hydrochloric acid.
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Marble fizzes with acid because it is composed of the mineral calcite calcium carbonate caco3 which reacts with acids to form the gas carbon dioxide and it is the release of the carbon dioxide.
Wipe all acid off the rock sample with a paper towel.
The right hand rock is made of dolomite ca mg co 3 2.
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The calcium carbonate is more soluble in solutions with a higher h concentration and it can also react in the same way as calcium carbonate and hcl.
Stone surface material may be lost all over or only in spots that are more reactive.
What is the reaction if any of the metamorphic rock marble to cold dilute hydrochloric acid.
That s why acid rain over time tends to degrade the surfaces of marble and limestone buildings.
The other common mineral that makes up non foliated metamorphic rocks is quartz.
Limestone dolostone and marble.
When sulfurous sulfuric and nitric acids in polluted air and rain react with the calcite in marble and limestone the calcite dissolves.
It will produce a very weak fizz when a drop of cold hydrochloric.
Powdered marble reacts with hydrochloric acid to release bubbles of carbon dioxide gas.
The acid test on rocks.
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Calcite is caco 3.
