Chemical Weathering

Chemical Weathering

Chemical weathering is the process of breaking down rocks through chemical changes. Unlike mechanical weathering, which breaks rocks physically, chemical weathering changes the minerals inside rocks. This happens when water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, or acids react with the roc...

Chemical weathering is the process that transforms the minerals in rocks into new substances.

Water plays a major role in this through a process called hydrolysis, where it reacts with minerals to form new compounds. Water can also dissolve certain minerals in rocks, slowly breaking them down.

Carbon dioxide from the air mixes with w...