calcined lime

Thân thiện

A worker adds calcined lime to a large industrial mixer.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A white, caustic, alkaline crystalline solid: "calcined lime" is a chemical compound, specifically calcium oxide (CaO), produced by heating limestone or other calcium carbonate materials to a high temperature. It is also commonly known as quicklime or burnt lime.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The factory produces calcined lime for use in steel manufacturing.
  • Farmers historically used calcined lime to amend soil pH.

Advanced Usage

• Technical/Industrial Context: The term is primarily used in industrial, chemical, agricultural, and construction contexts to refer to the raw, unslaked material.
  • The purity of the calcined lime is critical for the chemical reaction.

Variants and Related Words

• Quicklime (n): A direct synonym for calcined lime.
• Burnt lime (n): Another common synonym.
• Calcium oxide (n): The systematic chemical name.
• Lime (n): A broader term that can refer to calcium oxide, calcium hydroxide, or even the fruit. Context is essential.
• Unslaked lime (n): A term emphasizing it has not been mixed with water.

Synonyms

• Quicklime
• Burnt lime
• Calcium oxide (CaO)
• Unslaked lime

Related Phrases/Idioms

Note: As a specific technical compound, "calcined lime" does not feature in idiomatic expressions. The simpler term "lime" may appear in idioms (e.g., "in the lime light"), but this refers to a different meaning unrelated to calcium oxide.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide

Từ đồng nghĩa

• calcium oxide
• quicklime
• lime
• calx
• fluxing lime
• unslaked lime
• burnt lime