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Definition of Chlorinated lime

1. Noun. A white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect.

Definition of Chlorinated lime

1. Noun. bleaching powder ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Chlorinated lime

1. A mixture of varying proportions of complexes of chlorine with calcium oxide and calcium hydroxide. Contains 24-37% available chlorine. Decomposes in moist conditions to liberate chlorine. Strong irritant due to chlorine vapors. Used for disinfecting drinking water, sewage etc.; in the bleaching of wood pulp, linen, cotton, straw, oils, soaps, and laundry; as an oxidiser; in destroying caterpillars; and as a decontaminant for mustard gas and similar substances. Synonym: bleaching powder. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chlorinated Lime

Literary usage of Chlorinated 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)
"chlorinated lime not only bleaches but is destructive to fabrics. If the solution is employed for the disinfection of body linen and washable clothing these ..."

2. American Druggist (1890)
"4). and the exactly measured quantity of chlorinated-lime solution into the bottle b, outside of the tube e. When manganese dioxide is to be estimated, ..."

3. Quantitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1903)
"In freshly prepared and perfectly normal chlorinated lime, the quantities ... When such chlorinated lime is brought into contact with dilute sulphuric acid, ..."

4. A Text-book of Practical Therapeutics: With Especial Reference to the by Hobart Amory Hare (1905)
"chlorinated lime. Much of the chlorinated lime sold is useless, ... Good chlorinated lime should be so laden with the gas that the face cannot be held near ..."

5. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"chlorinated lime itself has been used on wounds; 2 tablespoons of the compound being dissolved in a basin of warm water and used as a lotion, ..."

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