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Quicklime

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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).
calcium oxidenoun(inorganic chemistry) A white powderous substance, CaO, normally made by heating calcium carbonate.
burnt limenouna white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
unslaked limenouna white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
calcined limenouna white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
fluxing limenouna white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide

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limenoun(chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
calcium oxidenoun(inorganic chemistry) A white powderous substance, CaO, normally made by heating calcium carbonate.
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 limenouna white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
calcined limenouna white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
fluxing limenouna white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
unslaked limenouna white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
slaked limenounCalcium hydroxide, a soft white powder, produced by adding water to quicklime. It is used in making mortar and cement, and has many industrial uses.
quick limenounAlternative spelling of quicklime. [Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.]
dolimenounDolomitic lime, which is produced by heating (calcining) dolomitic limestone.
hydraulic limenounquicklime obtained from hydraulic limestone, and used for cementing underwater, etc.
limingnounAn application of lime (calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide).
caustic limenounquicklime
soda-limenounA mixture of caustic soda and quicklime.
carbonate of limenounCalcium carbonate.
calcium hydroxidenoun(inorganic chemistry) A soft, white powder, Ca(OH)₂, obtained by the action of water on calcium oxide; slaked lime.
lime pitnounA limestone quarry.
hydraulic limestonenounA limestone which contains some clay, and which yields a quicklime that will set, or form a firm, strong mass, underwater.
shell limenounlime made by burning the shells of shellfish
lime-kilnnounAlternative form of limekiln. [A furnace used to produce lime from limestone.]

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