Should Nuclear waste be stored in Underground salt mines and Sinkholes ? Some scientist think that we should send some nuclear waste into sinkholes and Salt mines because they think that it is a safe place and can't damage anything. But they are wrong because Nuclear waste can be very deadly when it is left unattended deep underground or in a Salt mine. The most common rock in the United States is Limestone. Limestone is a Sedimentary rock which covers about 85% of the United States , and 10% of the sedimentary rocks are limestone. Limestone is mostly composed of calcium carbonate and dolomite. Limestone is mostly used in the United States because it is a very good material for the creation of cement and cement products. In fact the world’s largest limestone quarry is found in Northern Michigan, it is found between Alpena , Michigan and Rogers …show more content…
So in this experiment that we are doing, we took the three different types of rocks and we put them in 100 ml of vinegar measured out by a graduated cylinder and poured the acidic solution onto the rocks in a plastic cup, and we are going to check on the mass of the rocks in 4 days of being in an acidic solution. Vinegar that is distilled and has a strength of 5% will be around 2.6 on a pH scale, so adding it to the rocks should have it have a high acidity. So if we were to mix it with a porous rock such as Limestone it would erode it so quickly and destructively, it could create a sinkhole or a cave in of a mine of underground tunnel of some sort This could also happen because of fracking in a salt mine. Fracking is a type of mining form in where you drill a hole and pour water into and have the salt dissolve into the water, so eventually they will suck it back up to get the salt. This is very dangerous because it can create big empty caverns that can cave