Long Answer Type
Short Answer TypeHow is quick lime prepared on a commercial scale? How is it converted into slaked lime?
Long Answer TypeWhat is the effect of heat on the following compounds? (Write equations for the reactions):
(i) Calcium Carbonate
(ii) Magnesium chloride hexahydrate
(iii) Gypsum
(iv) Magnesium sulphate heptahydrate
Short Answer TypeName a few important uses of quick lime.
It is used:
(i) in the preparation of cement, glass and calcium carbide.
(ii) in the purification of sugar
(iii) in drying alcohol and non-acidic gases like ammonia etc.,
(iv) in softening of hard water.
(v) as a flux in the extraction of metals.
(vi) in agriculture as a fertiliser, disinfectant and germicide.
Switch
