🔄 Synonyms of "Quicklime"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
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| Word | Definition |
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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 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 |
| slaked limenoun | Calcium 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 limenoun | Alternative spelling of quicklime. [Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.] |
| dolimenoun | Dolomitic lime, which is produced by heating (calcining) dolomitic limestone. |
| hydraulic limenoun | quicklime obtained from hydraulic limestone, and used for cementing underwater, etc. |
| limingnoun | An application of lime (calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide). |
| caustic limenoun | quicklime |
| soda-limenoun | A mixture of caustic soda and quicklime. |
| carbonate of limenoun | Calcium carbonate. |
| calcium hydroxidenoun | (inorganic chemistry) A soft, white powder, Ca(OH)₂, obtained by the action of water on calcium oxide; slaked lime. |
| lime pitnoun | A limestone quarry. |
| hydraulic limestonenoun | A limestone which contains some clay, and which yields a quicklime that will set, or form a firm, strong mass, underwater. |
| shell limenoun | lime made by burning the shells of shellfish |
| lime-kilnnoun | Alternative form of limekiln. [A furnace used to produce lime from limestone.] |
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