when you put an egg in a glass of vinegar for about two hours can any one explain how it simulates the effects of acid rain on limestone structures.

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when you put an egg in a glass of vinegar for about two hours can any one explain  how it simulates the effects of acid rain on limestone structures.

anonymous · Answer

If you put a raw egg in vinegar, each day the shell will disolve more and more. 
Egg shells are made up of mostly calcium carbonate, which is a base. Vinegar is dilute acetic acid. When you place the egg in the vinegar, the shell (base) and the vinegar (acid) react, and the shell basically dissolves away. 

Limestone is also mainlly calcium carbonate