...tell which acids and bases first united to generate that water?
2007-06-09 03:20:13 · 2 answers · asked by Roy Nicolas 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
I did not know that Sodium and Chlore could detach from rocks to form near 70% of the sea salts! :)
Ok maybe some of them come from the fishes. But where did the fish come from? Salts and water of course.
And wait... life itself comes from acids and bases! DNA---> "A" stands for Acid... and then there's gastric acid... without which no bio transformation happens.
How can rocks leave parts behind, in any case, without acids to break them first?
2007-06-10 15:55:08 · update #1
Most of the salts are from running over rocks and mineral deposits on the way there.
2007-06-09 03:23:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Acids and bases don't join to form water. Not initially really. The byproduct of acid and base IS salt and water but the water in a lake is a product of the water cycle and landforms. Its a bit more complicated than that but I just want you to understand water doesn't originally come from acid-base reactions.
Like the other answerer said most salts in salt lakes come from runoff from the land and dissolution of halide minerals.
The water on the Earth is thought to have originated when large comets (mostly ice) hit the Earth during its early formation.
2007-06-09 10:24:42 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋