Carbonates 🧪 Flashcards

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Describe Manufacture of lime

A

Iimestone consists mainly of calcium carbonate , CaCo3
Lime which is calcium oxide , is manufactured from calcium carbonate by thermal decomposition
CaCO3 -> CaO + CO2

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What are used of lime and slaked slime

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Treating acidic soil
Neutralizing acidic industrial waste products
In lakes affected by acidic rain
Neutralize acidity in soil

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3
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What are used of quicklime

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Making steel from iron
Neutralizing acidity in soil
Drying agent in industry

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4
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How is quicklime formed

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From a limestone in lime skin which is an oven with extremely high temperatures

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5
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What is limewater

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A solution of slaked like in excess water

It is partially soluble but produces an alkaline solution

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