Chemistry of the System H2O-CO2-CaCO3

Dreybrodt, Wolfgang

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-83352-6_2

Wolfgang Dreybrodt⁷

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Weathering of limestone rocks, at the surface and underground, is due to the reaction:

$${C_{a}}C{O_{3}} + C{O_{2}} + {H_{2}}O \to C{a^{{2 + }}} + 2HCO_{3}^{ - }. $$

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Dreybrodt, W. (1988). Chemistry of the System H₂O-CO₂-CaCO₃. In: Processes in Karst Systems. Springer Series in Physical Environment, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83352-6_2

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