calcium hydroxide

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calcium hydroxide

A soft white alkaline powder, Ca(OH)₂, used in making mortar, cements, calcium salts, paints, hard rubber products, and petrochemicals. Also called slaked lime.

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calcium hydroxide

(Elements & Compounds) a white crystalline slightly soluble alkali with many uses, esp in cement, water softening, and the neutralization of acid soils. Formula: Ca(OH)2. Also called: lime, slaked lime, hydrated lime, calcium hydrate, caustic lime or lime hydrate

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cal′cium hydrox′ide

a white powder, Ca(OH)₂, used in mortar, plaster, and cement.

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calcium hydroxide - a caustic substance produced by heating limestone

calcium hydrate, caustic lime, hydrated lime, lime, lime hydrate, slaked lime

hydrated oxide, hydroxide - a compound of an oxide with water

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