I performed an experiment using egg shells (calcium carbonate) to represent teeth and reacted the calcium carbonate with acids. When measuring the rate of reaction citric acid had a higher rate of reaction and from my research I saw that citric acid forms a more stable compound with calcium hence it chelates the calcium more than ethanoic acid.
In the mouth this would remove calcium ions from CaX10(POX4)X6(OH)X2(s)+2HX+(aq)−⇀↽−3CaX3(POX4)X2(s)+CaX2+(aq)+2HX2O(l)
But with egg shells: CaCOX3(s)+2HX+(aq)⟶CaX2+(aq)+COX2(g)+HX2O(l)
there is no equilibrium so if more calcium ions are chelated why does this increase the rate of reaction?
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