Exothermic reaction
Alkaline chemicals are added to mitigate acid mine tailings. When water is added to the alkaline chemicals, the exothermic (heat releasing) reaction burned through the cubitainer.
chemistry chemical reactions alkaline mine tailings acidic drainage mining water exothermic bases acidsAuthor(s) | Ben Fertig |
Author Company | Integration and Application Network |
Date Created | 2011-01-27 |
Album | Human > Mining |
Type | Photo |
Dimensions | 960 x 1280 |
Filesize | 265.3 kB |
Number of Downloads | 234 |
Filetype(s) | JPG |
License | Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) |
Required Attribution | Ben Fertig, Integration and Application Network (ian.umces.edu/media-library) |