The building material limestone is one of the subjects looked at in GCSE Chemistry. In this, the first of two quizzes on the topic, we look at some of the chemical reactions which involve limestone..
Limestone is a sedimentary rock that is found in many parts of Britain. It is quarried and used widely as a building material, but it can also be used as it is, or processed, to make other useful materials. Some of these uses are obvious like cement, glass and steel, however, without limestone, many other substances that we take for granted would be either unknown or of much poorer quality. It is probably impossible to go through a single day of your life without coming across, or using, a product that has not involved limestone in its manufacture at some point.