What is limestone?what are its uses?
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Limestone has numerous uses: as a building material, an essential component of concrete (Portland cement), as aggregate for the base of roads, as white pigment or filler in products such as toothpaste or paints, as a chemical feedstock for the production of lime, as a soil conditioner, or as a popular decorative.....
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Limestone is a rock composed of calcium carbonate. It is usually an organic sedimentary rock.
It is hard, soluble in mild acids.
Limestone have a granular texture. It is not found in everywhere.
Uses of limestone:
Limestone is used as a filterstone in sewage disposal system.
It is used as a sorbent.
It is used as a soil conditioner in agriculture.
It is used as solid base for many roads.it is used in cement and mortar.