35412
Accession Number
8564
Title Of Article Chaper
The pH of rain and the destruction of alkaline stone
Title Of Journal Book
Studies in conservation
Volume
19
Issue
3
Pages
190-191
Collation
1 Fig. 3 refs.
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The acidity of urban rain is lower than that of rural rain. Urban rain will dissolve an exposed surface of calcite at least 50 times faster than unpolluted rain.
Keywords
Stone, deterioration; stone, test acid corrosion; air pollution, acid rain; measurement, acidity; air pollution, stone; ICCROM
pub_id
35412