Using Limestone
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- Created on: 08-05-16 10:40
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- Using Limestone
- Limestone as a building material
- Easily cut into blocks to make useful building material
- Widely available
- Cheap
- Hard-wearing
- Damaged by acid rain
- Cement and Concrete
- Cement made by heating limestone with powered clay in a kiln
- Mixed with sand, gravel and water to make concrete
- Poured into mould and reinforced with steel rods to make building blocks
- Drawbacks of Quarrying Limestone
- Unsightly and spoils attractive parts of countryside
- Produces a lot of noise and dirt
- Can affects the quality of life for local people
- Destroys original landscape and habitats of plants and animals
- Benefits of Quarrying Limestone
- Valuable material
- Used to neutralise acidity in lakes and soil cause by acid rain
- Provides jobs for local people
- Limestone as a building material
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