Q 1. Answer in brief (b) What are the main types of chemical weathering?
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Answer by spammers -:
There are different types of chemical weathering processes, such as solution, hydration, hydrolysis, carbonation, oxidation, reduction, and chelation. Some of these reactions occur more easily when the water is slightly acidic.
Types of Chemical Weathering
Carbonation. When you think of carbonation, think carbon! ...
Oxidation. Oxygen causes oxidation. ...
Hydration. This isn't the hydration used in your body, but it's similar. ...
Hydrolysis. Water can add to a material to make a new material, or it can dissolve a material to change it. ...
Acidification.
By Me - :
Weathering is the breakdown of rocks at the Earth's surface, by the action of rainwater, extremes of temperature, and biological activity. It does not involve the removal of rock material. There are three types of weathering, physical, chemical and biological.