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Calcium oxide
A white powderous substance, CaO, normally made by heating calcium carbonate.
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A white powderous substance, CaO, normally made by heating calcium carbonate.
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| quicklimenoun | Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water. |
| limenoun | (chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime). |
| calxnoun | (now chiefly historical) The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, once seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston, but now recognised as being the metallic oxide (or, in some cases, the metal in a state of sublimation). |
| burnt limenoun | a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide |
| calcined limenoun | a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide |
| fluxing limenoun | a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide |
| unslaked limenoun | a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide |
| calcium hydroxidenoun | (inorganic chemistry) A soft, white powder, Ca(OH)₂, obtained by the action of water on calcium oxide; slaked lime. |
| calcium carbonatenoun | (inorganic chemistry) A colourless or white inorganic compound, CaCO₃, occurring as chalk, limestone, marble etc. Reacts with acids to liberate carbon dioxide. |
| magnesium oxidenoun | (inorganic chemistry) A white powder (MgO) with a high melting point; it occurs naturally as periclase, an ore of magnesium. |
| calcium dioxidenoun | Synonym of calcium peroxide. |
| oxyhydratenoun | (inorganic chemistry) A hydrated oxide |
| silicon oxidenoun | (inorganic chemistry) silicon dioxide (SiO₂), silica. |
| calcium tungstatenoun | (inorganic chemistry) A compound with chemical formula CaWO₄. |
| calcium fluoridenoun | (inorganic chemistry) An inorganic compound and a white insoluble solid, CaF₂, occurring as fluorite. |
| cadmium oxidenoun | (inorganic chemistry) A colorless amorphous powder; a red or brown colored crystal. |
| calcium chromatenoun | (inorganic chemistry) The yellow calcium salt of chromic acid, CaCrO₄ |
| zinc oxidenoun | (chemistry) An amorphous solid, ZnO, white when pure but often pale yellow, used in pigments and cosmetics. |
| cobaltous oxidenoun | (inorganic chemistry) The dark green to red oxide of cobalt, CoO, used to manufacture coloured glazes in the ceramics industry |
| aluminium oxidenoun | (inorganic chemistry) The solid, Al₂O₃, commonly known as alumina; it occurs as bauxite, sapphire, ruby and other forms; it is used in the manufacture of ceramics |
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