Grain size characterization of siliciclastic sedimentary and sedimentary rocks Sediment sorting and mineralogy can also be used to name siliciclastic sedimentary rocks, particularly sandstones. If a sandstone contains little silt and clay (e.g., less than 15% by volume), it is said to be an arenite.
A: Chemical dissolution is when a solute contacts a solvent and forms a solution by dissolving. Dissolution is the reverse of the precipitation process, and the two processes form a dynamic equilibrium. The precipitation of a solid form or the evolution of gas occurs when evaporation or another process removes the solvent from the solution.
Dissociation (in the wide sense of the word) is an act of disuniting or separating a complex object into parts. Dissociation may also refer to: Dissociation (chemistry), general process in which molecules or ionic compounds (complexes, or salts) split into smaller particles, usually in a reversible manner.