Definition of Slaked lime

1. Noun. A caustic substance produced by heating limestone.


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

slagheap
slags
slaid
slain
slaine
slainte
slairg
slairged
slairging
slairgs
slaister
slaisters
slakable
slake
slaked
slaked lime (current term)
slakeless
slaken
slaker
slakers
slakes
slakin
slaking
slalom
slalomed
slalomer
slalomers
slaloming
slalomist
slalomists

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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