Question

what twhat type of rock is pumice
why is it a porous rock ​

Answer 1

Answer:

• Pumice is an igneous rock.

• It is porous rock because the vesicles are actually gas bubbles that were trapped in the rock during the rapid cooling of a gas-rich frothy magma. The material cools so quickly that atoms in the melt are not able to arrange themselves into a crystalline structure and porous structure.

Answer 2

Answer:

Pumice is an igneous rock.

It is porous rock because the vesicles are actually gas bubbles that were trapped in the rock during the rapid cooling of a gas-rich frothy magma. The material cools so quickly that atoms in the melt are not able to arrange themselves into a crystalline structure and porous structure.