Water acts upon lime with the evolution of a great deal of heat, -- hence the name quicklime, or live lime, -- the process being called slaking. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
Water flows into a sealed inner cone filled with quicklime, which is mostly calcium oxide. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: May 8, 2005 - May 14, 2005 Archives] Reference
San Jose, California (PRWEB) February 15, 2010 -- Lime, usually referred to as quicklime, is a derivative of limestone. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
This leaves only calcium oxide CaO, known as quicklime, the proportion of which determines the quality of the final product. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
"Get plenty of quicklime down here to-morrow," I suggested. From Wordnik.com. ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference
First came the body in the native coffin, smeared with quicklime. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Impression of the Philippines] Reference
Slake the remaining well burnt quicklime lumps and conduct test 4. From Wordnik.com. [4. Testing and Quality Control] Reference
Remove the grid rods and extract the quicklime lumps from the kiln. From Wordnik.com. [4. Testing and Quality Control] Reference
Weigh the container filled with a representative sample of quicklime lumps. From Wordnik.com. [4. Testing and Quality Control] Reference
The bodies were in quicklime, but it was still easy to see what had happened. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman and the Dragon]
The quicklime should be reduced to a fine powder before mixing it with the eggs. From Wordnik.com. [The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner] Reference
A, and the drying tube attached to the neck of the same is filled with quicklime. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887] Reference
The production of quicklime by heating limestone to 900°C is an example of this. From Wordnik.com. [5. Simple glaze theory] Reference
They are burying the corpses on the grounds, with quicklime to try to control the smell. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
Take a 1/4 of a pound of soap, a 1/4 of a pound of soda, and a 1/4 of a pound of quicklime. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
The addition of water to quicklime to produce a lime hydrate results in the evolution of heat. From Wordnik.com. [4. Testing and Quality Control] Reference
Purify melted mutton tallow by throwing in powdered quicklime, then add 2 parts of wax to 1 of tallow. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
As the English scrambled on board of the French ships they threw quicklime in the eyes of their opponents. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
If the soil be damp, or the district malarious, sprinkle quicklime upon the earth as fast as it is turned. From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
= -- To prepare this vat take 75 gallons of water, 4 lb. of indigo, 8 lb. copperas, and 10 lb. of good quicklime. From Wordnik.com. [The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student] Reference
A pound of salt to the gallon of quicklime, the salt being first dissolved in water, improves its wearing quality. From Wordnik.com. [The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy] Reference
On young stuff, grown apart from the flower beds and borders, quicklime may be used, which would otherwise be unsightly. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
The first is commonly produced by the admixture of quicklime with oxide of lead (litharge), carbonate of lead, or acetate of lead. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
“Bodies stacked in alternate directions as one would stack cord wood, and each layer was covered in a sprinkling of quicklime”. From Wordnik.com. [freakystylee Diary Entry] Reference
Hitherto, for the sake of simplicity, the by-product in the preparation of acetylene has been described as calcium oxide or quicklime. From Wordnik.com. [Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use] Reference
This combustible, probably composed of sulphur, naphtha, and quicklime, was poured or hurled on the enemy's ships in order to burn them. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
When necessary to utilize separate urinals, a hole filled with stone and sprinkled daily with quicklime is sufficient for short periods. From Wordnik.com. [Military Instructors Manual] Reference
If strong alkalies have been spilled on the skin, as ammonia, potash, or quicklime, then vinegar is the proper substance to employ, followed by washing. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)] Reference
And Lime, with his opportunist loyalties, is a familiar Greene character, whose surname suggests the quicklime in which murderers were said to be buried. From Wordnik.com. [Shades of Greene: One Generation of an English Family by Jeremy Lewis] Reference
Pfeffel, then, unknown to the ghost-seer, had the ground dug up, when there was found at some depth, beneath a layer of quicklime, a decomposing human body. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
The respective action of quicklime and mild lime is, on the whole, similar, although the former is in every case very much more powerful in its effects than the latter. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
During the boiling, slake another 3 oz. quicklime, boil in a pint of water for 15 minutes, let settle, pour off the clear liquor in which dissolve 4 to 5 oz. green copperas. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
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