2007-12-29 15:06:06 · 6 answers · asked by doggone2crazy 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
It would somewhat depend on the mineral composition of the granite if some mineral were more sensitive to one or the other of those things. Remember, granite is a class of rock that can be comprised of many different minerals in different percentages.
Sounds like experiment time to me! Though you would have to use an acid that was as powerful as a base. Lemon juice is much less powerful as an acid than Drano is as a base.
2007-12-29 15:11:31 · answer #1 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Granite varies in composition but includes alkali feldspar.
So Draino should have less of an effect as lemon juice.
2007-12-29 15:13:10 · answer #2 · answered by Light Knight 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your question is not weighted evenly. The strength of Draino is much more caustic than lemon juice.
2007-12-29 15:09:26 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drano is a very strong alkali, and will form a solution with silica. Granite is rich in silica, so will react with drano (albeit, slowly).
Lemon juice, being a very weak acid will hardly react with granite at all.
2007-12-29 23:56:15 · answer #4 · answered by AndrewG 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an alkali mineral so it'd wear worse exposed to lemon juice which has citric acid in it, Drano is sodium hydroxide NaOH which is also alkali, which does little to another base (alkali)
--acids and bases react most, not bases and bases or acids and acids unless their pKa's or pKb's are very much different
2007-12-29 15:10:21 · answer #5 · answered by SQD 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what is draino?
2007-12-29 15:09:53 · answer #6 · answered by tinas789 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋