Lime - Chemistry

Chemistry

  • Lime (material), a general term for inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide
    • Calcium oxide, aka burnt lime or quicklime
    • Calcium hydroxide, aka slaked lime, slack lime, limewater, pickling lime or hydrated lime
  • Agricultural lime, a soil additive
  • Hydraulic lime, used to make lime mortar
  • Limewater, saturated calcium hydroxide solution
  • Birdlime, a sticky substance spread on branches to catch small birds

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