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Caustic lime   /kˈɑstɪk laɪm/   Listen
Caustic lime

noun
1.
A caustic substance produced by heating limestone.  Synonyms: calcium hydrate, calcium hydroxide, hydrated lime, lime, lime hydrate, slaked lime.






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"Caustic lime" Quotes from Famous Books



... lime is then heated to a dark red heat in a platinum crucible with lid until the oxalate of lime is converted into carbonate of lime. By the addition of a few drops of carbonate of ammonia solution and another slight heating of the crucible, also the caustic lime produced in the filter ash by heating, is reconverted into carbonate of lime, and after cooling in the exsiccator, the whole contents of the crucible is weighed as carbonate of lime, after deducting the ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, Sep. 26, 1891 • Various



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