Definition of Fluxing lime

1. Noun. A white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide.

Exact synonyms: Burnt Lime, Calcined Lime, Calcium Oxide, Calx, Lime, Quicklime, Unslaked Lime
Terms within: Atomic Number 20, Ca, Calcium
Generic synonyms: Oxide
Derivative terms: Lime

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluxing Lime

flux ratio
flux unit
fluxation
fluxations
fluxbrane
fluxed
fluxes
fluxgate
fluxgates
fluxibility
fluxible
fluxile
fluxilities
fluxility
fluxing
fluxing lime (current term)
fluxion
fluxional
fluxional compound
fluxionality
fluxionary
fluxionary hyperaemia
fluxionist
fluxionists
fluxions
fluxive
fluxless
fluxmeter
fluxoid
fluxomic

Literary usage of Fluxing lime

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1908)
"... quantity of silica for fluxing lime is 59.96 111.16 = .539. This latter factor will be found useful in slag calculations, as, when the percentage of ..."

2. The Metallurgy of the Common Metals, Gold, Silver, Iron, Copper, Lead and Zinc by Leonard Strong Austin (1907)
"The equivalent for manganese is 55, that of iron 56. so that we may reckon them as having equal values for fluxing. Lime, magnesia and baryta. ..."

3. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines by Cornelius Beringer, John Jacob Beringer (1906)
"Borax will flux almost anything, but it is especially valuable in fluxing lime, &c., and metallic oxides ; as also in those coses in which it is desired to ..."

4. Transactions by Society of Engineers (London, England), England Society of Engineers (London (1881)
"6d.; add to this for the fluxing lime 2s. per ton of steel, and 3d. per ton for the labour of four extra men employed about the converter, will bring the ..."

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