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Definition of Quicklimes
1. quicklime [n] - See also: quicklime
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quicklimes
Literary usage of Quicklimes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Materials of Construction: Their Manufacture and Properties by Adelbert Philo Mills (1922)
"The hydration of high-calcium quicklimes is attended by great danger of "burning,"
due to too great a rise in temperature. "Burned lime," appears to be ..."
2. Materials of Construction: Their Manufacture, Properties, and Uses by Adelbert Philo Mills (1915)
"The experimental determination of the rate of hydration of quicklimes is ...
The rates of hydration of various quicklimes were found by Mr. Emley to be ..."
3. Materials of Construction by Harry E. Pulver (1922)
"The high-calcium quicklimes slake more rapidly and generate more heat than the
other quicklimes. When the slaked lime is exposed to the air, it gradually ..."
4. A History of Chemical Theories and Laws by Matthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir (1906)
"These experiments established the characteristic reactions of the four classes
of compounds, mild alkalis, caustic alkalis, mild earths, and quicklimes ..."
5. The Architects' and Builders' Handbook: Data for Architects, Structural by Frank Eugene Kidder (1921)
"During thia slaking process, also, high-calcium quicklimes must be agitated and
stirred continually or a portion will fail to receive the proper quantity of ..."
6. The Architects' and Builders' Pocket-book: A Handbook for Architects by Frank Eugene Kidder, Thomas Nolan (1915)
"During this Jng process, also, high-calcium quicklimes must be ... little difference
between high-calcium and dolomitic quicklimes, ng to greater ..."
7. Technical Methods of Analysis as Employed in the Laboratories of Arthur D by Roger Castle Griffin, Arthur D. Little, Inc (1921)
"Chemically, quicklimes are divided into four types: 1. ... Hydrated limes are
divided chemically into the same four types as the quicklimes. ..."
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