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Definition of Slaked lime
1. Noun. A caustic substance produced by heating limestone.
Generic synonyms: Hydrated Oxide, Hydroxide
Derivative terms: Lime
Definition of Slaked lime
1. Noun. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slaked Lime
Literary usage of Slaked lime
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"slaked lime or calcium hydroxid, Ca(OH)z, is prepared by adding one pint of ...
Upon exposure to the air the slaked lime will absorb still more water and ..."
2. Preventive medicine and hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau (1917)
"slaked lime or calcium hydroxid, Ca(OH)2, is prepared by adding one pint of ...
Upon exposure to the air the slaked lime will absorb still more water and ..."
3. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1916)
"Upon exposure to the air the slaked lime will absorb still more water and also
... Whitewash is slaked lime mixed with water. It is commonly used for the ..."
4. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1905)
"A Delegate—How about air slaked lime ? Now, as to the two actions of lime, ...
You can do that not only with calcium carbonate, or air slaked lime, ..."
5. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"quantity of water necessary to slake the lime, if all were present as calcium
oxide, and to combine with the slaked lime to form calcium carbonate, ..."
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