carbonate of lime

  • 21Air-slacked lime — Slack Slack, Slacken Slack en, v. t. 1. To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage. Wycklif (Acts xxvii. 40) [1913 Webster] 2. To neglect; to be remiss in. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] Slack not the… …

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  • 22Calcium carbonate — Calcium carbonate …

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  • 23Sodium carbonate — Sodium carbonate …

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  • 24Agricultural lime — Agricultural lime, also called garden lime, is a soil additive made from pulverized limestone or chalk. The primary active component is calcium carbonate. Additional chemicals vary depending on the mineral source and may include calcium oxide,… …

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  • 25White lime — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… …

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  • 26Cream of lime — Cream Cream (kr[=e]m), n. [F. cr[^e]me, perh. fr. LL. crema cream of milk; cf. L. cremor thick juice or broth, perh. akin to cremare to burn.] 1. The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and… …

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  • 27Sodium carbonate — Sodium So di*um, n. [NL., fr.E. soda.] (Chem.) A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc. It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so highly reactive that it …

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  • 28cream of lime — 1. : a scum of calcium carbonate formed on a solution of milk of lime by combination with the carbon dioxide of the air 2. : a mixture of slaked lime and water …

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  • 29calcium carbonate — n. a white powder or colorless, crystalline compound, CaCO3, found mainly in limestone, marble, and chalk, as calcite, aragonite, etc., and in bones, teeth, shells, and plant ash: it is used in making lime, paints, plastics, etc …

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  • 30gas lime — noun : hydrated lime that has been used in purifying gas, contains other compounds (as calcium carbonate, calcium sulfide), and is used as a land dressing …

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