Corrections."Buried Treasures" (SN: 4/29/06, p. 266) had it backwards about the acidity acidity /acid·i·ty/ (-i-te) the quality of being acid; the power to unite with positively charged ions or with basic substances. a·cid·i·ty n. The state, quality, or degree of being acid. of water seeping seep intr.v. seeped, seep·ing, seeps 1. To pass slowly through small openings or pores; ooze. 2. To enter, depart, or become diffused gradually. n. 1. into a cave. Water becomes less acidic when it enters a cave and outgases carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. . Also, the mineral formations called soda straws can grow to lengths of several meters, not several centimeters. |
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