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WHAT IS IT?

Hyrdogen in water reacts with minerals in the rocks.


The water combines with the rock.
The acid and hydroxyl are removed in the solution, leaving china clay
behind as the end product.
This allows other forces, such as mechanical weathering, to more easily
break them apart.
MAIN EXAMPLE
Feldspar found in igneous rocks such as granite can be turned into a form
of clay.

The only common rock-forming mineral that is not affected is quartz,
which is a chemically resistant mineral. This is why quartz and clay are
the two of the most common minerals in sedimentary rocks.

An easy way to remember hydrolysis is to think of it as the same process
you go through each morning when you make a cup of coffee. When the
water you add to your coffee maker heats up, it filters down through the
coffee grains. The water chemically reacts with the coffee grains, giving
you a chemically different substance called coffee.

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