quicklime

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It seems they're not replacing the quicklime, but the gravel.

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a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide

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noun

a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide

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noun

a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide

Example sentences

It seems they're not replacing the quicklime, but the gravel.

Or submit an expense form for a roll of carpet, a shovel and some quicklime.

Calcite calcines to quicklime at 850°, which is red-orange.

It mostly forms CSH [0] which just takes water, silicon dioxide, and quicklime.

I'm picturing a pipe with quicklime inside and coffee filters on the ends, with a blower to force air through.

My immediate thought was production of quicklime for concrete.

I meant he rebuilt it using materials as close as possible to the original: granite, oak, quicklime, etc.

Mere campfires commonly reach yellow heat, which is over 1000°, and have often been used to cook shellfish, whose shells are made of calcite and can calcine to quicklime.

So I suspect that the discovery of quicklime probably happened numerous times in mere campfires during the first three million years of human history called the Paleolithic.