“…The dissolution of calcite (CaCa) in acids is of interest to many fields of science, and the equilibrium relationships in the calcite-carbonic acid-water system have been studied extensively [ 11. The dissolution rate of calcite in acids has been measured for such puposes as the formulation of antacids [2,3], the study of secondary changes in sedimentary deposits [4,5,6], the pH of sea water [7-91, the neutralization of pickling acid [ 10,111, the neutralization of acid mine drainage [12] and the acidizing of petroleum wellsI13, 141.…”