Adult oyster shells are composed mainly of calcite, CaCO3. It’s dissolution in water can be described as: CaCO3 (s) ⇌ Ca 2+ + CO32- The surface seawater around Hong Kong has concentrations of [CO32-] = 1 x 10-5 mol/kg and [Ca2+] = 0.01 mol/kg. Will oyster shells dissolve in the seawater?

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Adult oyster shells are composed mainly of calcite, CaCO3. It’s dissolution in water can be described as:

CaCO3 (s) ⇌ Ca 2+ + CO32-

The surface seawater around Hong Kong has concentrations of [CO32-] = 1 x 10-5 mol/kg and [Ca2+] = 0.01 mol/kg. Will oyster shells dissolve in the seawater?

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