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How `H_(2)SO_(4)" and HNO_(3)` acids affect our heritage monuments such as Taj Mahal ?

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Taj Mahal is made of marble (Calcium carbonate). Sulphuric acid and nitric acid (present in acid rain) react with marble and corrode it. Following reactions occur :
`{:(CaCO_(3)+H_(2)SO_(4),to,CaSO_(4)+CO_(2)+H_(2)O),(CaCO_(3)+HNO_(3),to,Ca(NO_(3))_(2)+CO_(2)+H_(2)O):}`
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