Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoAlaska's rivers are turning orange and no one knows whywww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down115
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minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoBattery acid is extremely concentrated compared to that water. Iron can only precipitate if it is very dilute.
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agohttps://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70022523#:~:text=Extremely acidic mine waters with,Mine at Iron Mountain%2C CA.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoYes, that was measured somewhere in some amount. But not in this picture here for several reasons. If left for itself, that is the concentration it tends to go to since the water evaporates, leaving the H2SO4 behind.
Battery acid is extremely concentrated compared to that water. Iron can only precipitate if it is very dilute.
https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70022523#:~:text=Extremely acidic mine waters with,Mine at Iron Mountain%2C CA.
Yes, that was measured somewhere in some amount. But not in this picture here for several reasons.
If left for itself, that is the concentration it tends to go to since the water evaporates, leaving the H2SO4 behind.