Evaporites Flashcards
1
Q
NaCl uses
A
1/3 food/de-icer
2/3 manufacture of chlorine
2
Q
Use of salt on roads
A
depression of the freezing point, KESLER env probs
3
Q
Order of evaporites
A
Calcite Gypsum Halite Bloedite Mag-Sulfates Carnallite Bischofite
4
Q
table salt
A
88%
5
Q
epsom salt
A
97.8%
6
Q
dead sea salt
A
98.8%
7
Q
Zechstein sea salt
A
99.1%
8
Q
Lymington
A
salt industry
9
Q
gypsum
A
CaSO4 2H20
10
Q
Sylvite
A
KCl
11
Q
evaporites present on cont margins between
A
35 degrees N and S
