This reaction is called hydrolysis.
Hydrolysis weathering granite.
Chemical weathering occurs when water dissolves minerals in a rock producing new compounds.
Feldspar crystals inside the granite react chemically forming clay minerals.
Chemical weathering occurs when water dissolves minerals in a rock producing new compounds.
On the other hand some minerals dissolve completely and their components go into solution.
Hydrolysis occurs for example when water comes in contact with granite.
For example feldspar is altered by hydrolysis to clay minerals.
There are two main types of chemical weathering.
The reaction of feldspar minerals in granite with rainwater produces kaolinite white clay known as china clay used in the production of porcelain paper and glass.
Feldspar crystals inside the granite react chemically forming clay minerals.
The clay weakens the rock making it more likely to break.
Not only the chemical composition but hydrolysis is responsible for altering the size and resistance to weathering.
Hydrolysis is the chemical transition of one mineral to another.
Clay began as feldspars and were dissolved through the reaction process of hydrolysis.
Hydrolysis occurs for example when water comes in contact with granite.
On the one hand some minerals become altered to other minerals.
For example calcite caco 3 is soluble in acidic solutions.
The clay weakens the rock making it more likely to break.
This reaction is called hydrolysis.
Chemical weathering of granite occurs when dilute carbonic acid and other acids present in rain and soil waters alter feldspar in a process called hydrolysis.