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2. Calcium hydroxide - Wikipedia

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   Calcium hydroxide (traditionally called slaked lime) is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ca 2. It is a colorless crystal or white powder and is produced when quicklime ( calcium oxide ) is mixed with water .

3. Lime (material) - Wikipedia

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   Pure lime is also known as rich, common, air, slaked, slack, pickling, hydrated, and high calcium lime. It consists primarily of calcium hydroxide which is derived by slaking quicklime (calcium oxide), and may contain up to 5% of other ingredients.

4. Calcium oxide - Wikipedia

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   This form of illumination is known as a limelight, and was used broadly in theatrical productions before the invention of electric lighting. [14] Cement: Calcium oxide is a key ingredient for the process of making cement. As a cheap and widely available alkali. About 50% of the total quicklime production is converted to calcium hydroxide before ...

5. Soda lime - Wikipedia

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   Soda lime canister used in anaesthetic machines to act as a carbon dioxide scrubber. Soda lime, a mixture of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and calcium oxide (CaO), is used in granular form within recirculating breathing environments like general anesthesia and its breathing circuit, submarines, rebreathers, and hyperbaric chambers and underwater habitats.

6. Whitewash - Wikipedia

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   Whitewash, calcimine, kalsomine, calsomine, asbestis or lime paint is a type of paint made from slaked lime (calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH) 2) or chalk (calcium carbonate, CaCO 3), sometimes known as "whiting". Various other additives are sometimes used.

7. Calcium hydroxide (data page) - Wikipedia

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   This page provides supplementary chemical data on calcium hydroxide. Material Safety Data Sheet The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. ...

8. Lime softening - Wikipedia

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   Lime softening (also known as lime buttering, lime-soda treatment, or Clark's process) [1] is a type of water treatment used for water softening, which uses the addition of limewater (calcium hydroxide) to remove hardness (deposits of calcium and magnesium salts) by precipitation.

9. Bordeaux mixture - Wikipedia

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   Calcium oxide (burnt lime) and calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) give the same end result, since an excess of water is used in the preparation. The conventional method of describing the mixture's composition is to give the weight of CuSO 4, the weight of hydrated lime and the volume of water, in that order.